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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. Listen to a Naxos Podcast featuring interviews with Daron Hagen and Paul Muldoon by clicking on the Naxos logo.



LATEST NEWS:

OPERA THEATER OF PITTSBURGH and FALLINGWATER ANNOUNCE 2013 REVIVAL

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Performances are planned for students (link) February 27 to March 1st; exclusive site-specific performances will take place at Fallingwater June 7 and 8; and Brow will highlight the company's summer festival July 5-21 at the venerable Twentieth Century Club in Pittsburgh.





The Naxos complete cast recording has been released. JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffallo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Robert Orth is Wright; Brenda Harris is Mamah; Robert Frankenberry is Sullivan; Matthew Curran is Cheney; Elaine Valby is Catherine; Gilda Lyons is the Maid.

Click here to read reviews of the recording.

Images from various productions of Shining Brow           


To buy the recording online, click here

The images below 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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