About
Now available to view as a singular streamable production on All Arts
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Additional lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh
Orchestrations by Don Sebesky and Jamie Lawrence
Ted Sperling, Artistic Director and Conductor
Running Time: Approx. 24 minutes
The first chapter, FLIGHT, explores the possibility of finding fulfillment by rising up or away. After a jaunty prologue (“Prometheus”), Guettel frames the myth of Icarus as the story of a young man striving to get out from under his famous father’s shadow and shine like the sun. After his crash, the solace and hope of Migratory V expresses the human aspiration to fly together and soar above the troubles below. The retelling of Pegasus explores the fall of the hero Bellerophon when he angers Zeus. (The video of Pegasus includes illustrations of male nudity.) The chapter ends with the cycle’s first hymn text, Jesus the Mighty Conqueror, with its refrain consisting of the single word, “rise,” repeated over and over.
Featured Artists:
Anderson & Roe, Yazmany Arboleda, Julia Bullock, Sammi Cannold, Cloud Chatanda, Lear deBessonet, Khristian Dentley, Renée Fleming, Annie Golden, Joshua Henry, Capathia Jenkins, Steven Kellogg, Mykal Kilgore, Norm Lewis, Jose Llana, Lucy Mackinnon, Danny Mefford, Kelli O’Hara, Elizabeth Stanley, Take 6, Ted Sperling, and The MasterVoices Chorus.
Myths and Hymns title art by Mikyung Lee
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Myths and Hymns Chapter 1: Flight
Tickets
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall
in the Shops at Columbus Circle
Broadway at 60th Street | New York New York
90 minutes, no intermission
Call 212-721-6500 or visit the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office
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REVIEWS of MYTHS AND HYMNS
"Judging from this initial entry, Myths and Hymns will be balm for the culture-starved soul." - Opera News
"But already, based on this installment, I’m prepared to believe that MasterVoices’ epic project will be the best showcase Myths and Hymns has yet received." - Parterre Box
"Guettel’s music is dizzyingly complex, but that’s no obstacle for the highly skilled singers assembled here." - Forbes on Film
"Which leaves us in rapt anticipation for Chapter 2: WORK, and we can hardly wait." - New York Stage Review
“I’m going to cut to the chase here. I highly, highly, highly recommend the MasterVoices streaming production of Myths and Hymns.” – Show Showdown