Composer Gregory Hall and Visual Artist Vincent Myrand bring their opera Marvelous to the stage on April 5th.
Soprano Merissa Beddows will sing the role of Ozma and others in this illustrated musical opera, Marvelous. The performance will be on Saturday, April 5th at 7:00 pm at the historic Gaslight Theater, under the auspices of Opera Sistersville (West Virginia). Tickets: 304-652-1707.
Scored for flute, trumpet, percussion and electronic keyboards, Gregory Hall’s opera has received a major grant from the Curtis Institute of Music, will have a major presentation at OzCon International in June 2025 in Burbank, CA, and was a 2023 finalist for the American Prize in Opera.
Musicians from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie-Mellon School of Music will also perform. Renowned Oz artist Vincent Myrand has produced unique imagery to be projected during the performance.
The story is based on author L. Frank Baum's series The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on Dorothy’s further adventures in Oz.
Gaslight Theatre: 719 Wells St, Sistersville, WV 26175
Composer Gregory Hall holds a B.A. in music from UC Santa Barbara (1982), and a composition degree from the Curtis Institute of Music (1986), where he studied with Ned Rorem. He is a fellow of the Ucross Foundation.