Interplay Opera Workshop: an evening with Karim Al-Zand

Interplay Opera Workshop, part of the Banff Center Summer Festival, is described as “an innovative new program that celebrates both opera and vocal chamber music. It is a unique opportunity to work side-by-side with living composers on the creation of new work. Participants are given the chance to discover, to take risks, and learn from each other and leading practitioners.”

The four-week summer program, which runs July 13-25, will feature new opera excerpts, scenes and song cycles by resident composer Karim Al-Zand. The workshop will culminate in a July 25th concert, An Evening with Karim Al-Zand, including performances of The Strangers’ Case (a song cycle on the immigrant experience for tenor and strings), A Joint Interest (a comic scene for 3 singers and ensemble) and selected scenes from The Book of Tales (a projected full length opera on the origin on the Arabian Nights).