FULL 4:30 Movie (Kurt Rohde) San Francisco 2023 Nikki Einfeld

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: 4:30 Movie, a micro-opera for amplified soprano,  
• Composer: Rohde Kurt  
• Libretto:  Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Bayview Opera House in San Francisco, California  
• Recorded: April 29 & 30, 2023
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Nikki Einfeld
• Conductor: Donna Masini  
• Orchestra: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble  
• Stage Director: Nikki Einfeld  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: kurt e rohde  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

4:30 Movie uses Donna Masini’s poetry to explore the relationship between two sisters, one of whom has died from cancer, the other who remains and remembers. Funny, touching, and ruthless, the opera reveals unexpected truths as the writer’s sister succumbs to her illness

a quiet overture
1. What Didn’t Work
2. [deleted scene: Worry]
3. [deleted scene: Diagnosis]
4. Interlude – Watching the Six-Part Pride & Prejudice, Mid-Chemo, with My Sister
5. [deleted scene: Bargaining]
6. [deleted scene: Last Day 1]
7. [deleted scene: Last Day 2]
8. postlude – (Water Lilies Floating) and Water Lilies 4