FULL OPULENT Opera-Film New Jersey 2023 MonétXChange
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Opulent
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: New Jersey
- Recorded: 2023
- Type: Movie
- Singers: MonétXChange, Rafael Cuello
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: The New Jersey Symphony Chamber Players
- Stage Director: Dan Graziano
- Stage Designer: Rafael Cuello
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: New Jersey Symphony
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The QUEEN of opera, @MonetXChangeofficial joins the New Jersey Symphony for an opera film experience like never before!
Directed by @hellion.vision (Dan Graziano), featuring the art of Rafael Cuello, “Opulent” explores Monét’s journey to combine drag and opera through three timeless works.
From the director:
Schubert’s “Death & the Maiden” represents the comfort that can be found in the death of an old way of thinking as one becomes more self-assured and comfortable with their own identity.
Puccini’s “Vecchia zimarra, senti”
from La Bohème represents giving up the potential safety that fitting into your expected societal role might provide on the road to becoming the truest form of one’s self.
Mozart’s “O Isis und Osiris”
from The Magic Flute represents the internal light that is found when we love ourselves for who we are; And how that light can inspire others to love themselves for who they truly are.
This project was made possible by a Special Initiative grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts