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 8:00 PM, Friday, April 12, 2013 8:00 PM, Friday, April 12, 2013
  
-## ♪♫ Theotokia ♫♪+## Set One: Theotokia
  
 [7:58 PM, seated and ready to go! 8:03 PM, lights down] [7:58 PM, seated and ready to go! 8:03 PM, lights down]
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 [8:40 PM work ends] [8:40 PM work ends]
  
-### ♀♂ the Vocalists ♂♀+### Vocalists
  
 * [Heather Buck](http://www.barrettvantage.com/artist.php?id=hbuck) as _Mother Anne_, _Leon's mother_, and _Yeti Mother_: soprano vox; * [Heather Buck](http://www.barrettvantage.com/artist.php?id=hbuck) as _Mother Anne_, _Leon's mother_, and _Yeti Mother_: soprano vox;
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 * Steven Caldicott Wilson as _congregant_: tenor vox; * Steven Caldicott Wilson as _congregant_: tenor vox;
  
-## ♪♫ The War Reporter ♫♪+## Set Two: The War Reporter
  
 [9:04 PM performers enter] [9:04 PM performers enter]
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 [9:56 PM work ends] [9:56 PM work ends]
  
-### ♀♂ the Vocalists ♂♀+### Vocalists
  
 * [Heather Buck](http://www.barrettvantage.com/artist.php?id=hbuck) as _Honderich_ and one of _Paul's inner voices_: soprano vox; * [Heather Buck](http://www.barrettvantage.com/artist.php?id=hbuck) as _Honderich_ and one of _Paul's inner voices_: soprano vox;
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-## ♀♂ the Performers ♂♀+## Performers
  
-   +### St. Lawrence String Quartet 
-**♀♂ [St. Lawrence String Quartet](http://slsq.com/) ♂♀**+ 
 +[St. Lawrence String Quartet](http://slsq.com/)
  
 * Christopher Costanza: cello; * Christopher Costanza: cello;
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 * Scott St. John: violin; * Scott St. John: violin;
  
-.   +### Supporting performers 
-**♀♂ and supporting performers ♂♀**+
 * [Pascal Archer](http://www.pascalarcher.com/): clarinet; * [Pascal Archer](http://www.pascalarcher.com/): clarinet;
 * [Pedja Muzijevic](http://www.pedjamuzijevic.com/): piano; * [Pedja Muzijevic](http://www.pedjamuzijevic.com/): piano;
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 * Stephen Tramontozzi: bass; * Stephen Tramontozzi: bass;
  
-.   +### Production credits 
-**♀♂ with invaluable contributions from ♂♀**+
 * [Jonathan Berger](https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/): composer; * [Jonathan Berger](https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/): composer;
 +* [Mark DeChiazza](http://markdechiazza.com/): videography;
 * [Rinde Eckert](http://www.rindeeckert.com/): director; * [Rinde Eckert](http://www.rindeeckert.com/): director;
 * [Dan O’Brien](http://www.danobrien.org/): librettist; * [Dan O’Brien](http://www.danobrien.org/): librettist;
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 ## ☺ Notes ☺  ## ☺ Notes ☺ 
  
-Tonight we enjoyed our best seats of the season thus far -- smack dab in the middle of row H, a great vantage point to observe the theatrics of tonights two works. And the sound tonight was excellent, except for one very important issue, which is that the singing was not especially intelligible. I can't say whether this is a matter of enunciation on the part of the singers, acoustic issues with the hall, or a simply failure of hearing on our part, but no matter the cause, it was quite annoying! As both Ting and Tom mentioned during the intermission, it would have really helped to have supertitles projected up on the walls.+Tonight we enjoyed our best seats of the season thus far -- smack dab in the middle of row H, a great vantage point to observe the theatrics of tonight's two works. And the sound tonight was excellent, except for one very important issue, which is that the singing was not especially intelligible. I can't say whether this is a matter of enunciation on the part of the singers, acoustic issues with the hall, or a simply failure of hearing on our part, but no matter the cause, it was quite annoying! As both Ting and Tom mentioned during the intermission, it would have really helped to have supertitles projected up on the walls.
  
 For my part, I enjoyed both works, and found the music to be consistently interesting, if not necessarily tuneful or memorable (as many sections of interstitial music seemed to consist more of sound effects rather than melodies or harmonic development of the songs). I was also surprised at the absence of any significant arias -- in fact, it seems like a rather startling omission, but I suppose that was a conscious decision, made for brevity's sake. For my part, I enjoyed both works, and found the music to be consistently interesting, if not necessarily tuneful or memorable (as many sections of interstitial music seemed to consist more of sound effects rather than melodies or harmonic development of the songs). I was also surprised at the absence of any significant arias -- in fact, it seems like a rather startling omission, but I suppose that was a conscious decision, made for brevity's sake.
 +
 +Mark Dechiazza has posted links to several videos from these two works on his [website](http://markdechiazza.com/visitations-theotokia-and-the-war-reporter/).
  
 [Stanford Live promo article](https://arts.stanford.edu/visitations-theotokia-and-the-war-reporter-chamber-operas-by-jonathan-berger-and-landfall-a-collaboration-between-laurie-anderson-and-kronos-quartet/) [Stanford Live promo article](https://arts.stanford.edu/visitations-theotokia-and-the-war-reporter-chamber-operas-by-jonathan-berger-and-landfall-a-collaboration-between-laurie-anderson-and-kronos-quartet/)

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