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A chamber opera in one act. <\/span><\/p>\n

Music by Sheila Silver<\/span><\/p>\n

Libretto by Stephen Kitsakos<\/span><\/p>\n

This folk tale of how a simple cobbler\u2019s humility and cleverness provide insight for a mighty king is one of the world\u2019s great archetypal stories. With origins in both Afghan and Jewish cultures, this operatic telling focuses on the powerful but anxious King Zamani who seeks to discover the secret of happiness from Hazim, the poor cobbler. Zamani, disguised as a wanderer, visits Hazim and his family at night and witnesses their joyful singing. The king then makes a series of decrees designed to reduce Hazim to despair, not believing that the cobbler can stay true to his simple philosophy \u2014 to trust in joy and not in fear. Hazim, unaware that he is being personally challenged, outwits the king\u2019s obstacles at every turn.<\/span><\/p>\n

The score incorporates the exotic and lively rhythms of the Near East, straight tone chant, and a contemporary lyricism making it engaging to audiences of all ages. The 70 minute one act opera is scored for 5 soloists, chamber chorus, and an ensemble of 11 players.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column][vc_tabs interval=”0″ title=”About”][vc_tab title=”Notes” tab_id=”1411467135-2-543f56-10128e52-e181″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””]Winner of the 2007 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Music Composition for Opera, <\/span><\/p>\n

The Wooden Sword <\/em><\/span>received its fully staged world premiere at the University of Connecticut\u2019s Nafe Katter Theater in November, 2010 with Gary English, director, Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor. To read more about the world premiere, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

It received its second production by the Stony Brook Opera in March 2011 at the Staller Center and Symphony Space in NYC.<\/p>\n

DOWNLOADABLE SYNOPSIS: <\/strong>WOODENSWORD SYNOPSIS<\/a><\/p>\n

DOWNLOADABLE LIBRETTO: <\/strong>LIBRETTO- Feb 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

$\"Michael$ <\/a>
Set Design by Michael Anania<\/p><\/div>\n
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See 5 minute trailer for The Wooden Sword with excerpts from two productions<\/h3>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Risa Harmon sings Benefsha’s aria from the Stony Brook production:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hd99ThymID0?si=h6XoYtWr1-iVH8ws\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>John Carlo Pierce sings “I see a path” from the Storrs production.<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJ6F__irELo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab tab_id=”26a8c2d9-19e0-2″ title=”Learn”][vc_column_text]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shelia Silver: 2008 Applied Brilliance Conference\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/9344912?dnt=1&app_id=122963\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][\/vc_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1443633468667{margin-top: 140px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1542″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1443634774238{margin-top: 140px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;padding-right:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_empty.php","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"sheilasilver","author_link":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/author\/sheilasilver\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[vc_row parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1443633468667{margin-top: 140px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1542″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1443634774238{margin-top: 140px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;padding-right:","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5318,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2187\/revisions\/5318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilasilver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}