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Welcome to the Shining Brow Website. These pages serve as a resource for presenters of the opera about Frank Lloyd Wright composed by Daron Hagen, with a libretto by Paul Muldoon. Fans will also find news of past casts, and news about current revivals of the opera.

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC SEMI-STAGED REVIVAL
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
4,5 November 2006
Kleinhans Concert Hall; Buffalo, New York
Conductor
Chorus Master
Stage Director
Images

Frank Lloyd Wright
Mamah Cheney
Louis Sullivan
Edwin Cheney
Catherine Wright
Maid / Townswoman 3
Julian Carlton

Workman 1/Guest/Photographer/Last Draftsman
Wife/Townswoman 1
Draftsman/Workman 2/Reporter 2
Townswoman 2/Wife
Reporter 1/Workman 3/Workman 5
Waiter/Reporter 3/Workman 4
JoAnn Falletta
L. Brett Scott
Daron Hagen
Robert Hirsch

Robert Orth
Brenda Harris
Robert Frankenberry
Matthew Curran
Elaine Valby
Gilda Lyons
Elem Eley

James Demler
Jennifer Lynn Reckamp
Tony Barton
Deborah Fleischer
Eric Fleischer
Elem Eley


Images from various productions of Shining Brow

The images to the left were created by noted Buffalo artist Robert Hirsch under the composer's supervision for the Buffalo Philharmonic's November 2006 semi-staged concert performances of Shining Brow. Robert Hirsch is a photographer, writer, and the Director of Light Research (www.lightresearch.net). His books include Seizing the Light: A History of Photography, Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials, and Processes, and Exploring Color Photography. Hirsch is a former Associate Editor for Digital Camera (UK) and Photovision Magazine, and a contributor to Afterimage, exposure, Buffalo Spree, Fotophile, FYI, History of Photography, Ilford Photo Instructor Newsletter, and The Photo Review, as well as former Director of CEPA Gallery.
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