Biography
Lou Rodgers is an American opera singer and opera director. A mezzo-soprano, she began her career in the late 1950s singing roles with the New York City Opera. She notably appeared in the world premiere of Hugo Weisgall's Six Characters in Search of an Author with the company on April 26, 1959. In 1975 she founded Golden Fleece Ltd.,
an opera company dedicated to presenting new American operas. She
remains the company's artistic director to this day. For her work with
the company she was awarded the prestigious Laurel Leaf Award from the American Composers Alliance in 1999.
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| Lou Rodgers | DREAM OF ERIN | T, vn, pf, Irish drum
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| Lou Rodgers | 200 INTERNATIONAL | 2 or more solo voices, vn, pf
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| Lou Rodgers | URBAN LAMENTS | medium/low voice, ca, pf
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| Lou Rodgers | PRINCE CANAL | cl, vn, vc, pf, soloists, chor
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| Lou Rodgers | COLOR SCHEME | med vc,cl,vcl,pf
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| Lou Rodgers | WARRIOR SAINT, THE | sop,fl,tpt,vcl,pf
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| Lou Rodgers | FIVE COUNTRY CAROLS | satb
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| Lou Rodgers | MIYAKO | actress/narr,ssmctb/bbar,med-high,med low voice, sm chor,fl,ob,hn,perc,pf,str:1-1-1-0
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| Lou Rodgers | THURSDAYS CHILD | 2sop,1 msop or ten,bar, fl,cl/sax,tpt,gtr,pf,perc
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| Lou Rodgers | OPHELIA'S MAD SONGS | sop,2fl,ob,vcl
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| Lou Rodgers | SPECIALIST, THE | col-sop,bar,ten, fl, pf, vln, vcl
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| Lou Rodgers | ANTIGONE | smbb.barctsb,chor(6min),3 actors,cham orch: 1-1-0-1,0-1-0-0,pf,perc,str:1-1-1-0
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| Lou Rodgers | THREE CHINESE POEMS | ssa
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| Lou Rodgers | MEDEA: RECITATIVE & LAMENT | msop,pf
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| Lou Rodgers | QUINTET | tpt & str:2-1-1
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| Lou Rodgers | LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH | satb,ob,2vln,vla,vcl
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| Lou Rodgers | PAVANE | vln,pf
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