Performance History
The music of Paradise Lost was premiered in Berlin, Germany in the summer of 2003, and a year later the opera debuted at California State University, Northridge.
On February 11, 2003, Paradise Lost was performed in concert at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in the Lower East Side of New York. This concert featured the Duquesne University Concert Choir as the background "Choir of Angels." This concert featured soprano Hila Plitmann as Exstasis, baritone Damon Kirsche as Logos, and David Noroña as narrator.
The show premiered in a concert performance at Northwestern University including students from the University’s American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) on February 11 and 12, 2006, conducted by Whitacre during his 12-day residency. The performances featured soprano Hila Plitmann, guest baritone Damon Kirsche, guest tenor Omar Gutierrez Crook, Northwestern University’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, and student soloists.
On July 28, 2007, the show had its world premiere in Pasadena, California at the Theatre at Boston Court and closed on September 2, 2007.
On June 15, 2010, Distinguished Concerts International New York presented a concert version of the show at Carnegie Hall in New York. The show featured many of the musicians from the world premiere, including soloists Hila Plitmann, Rodolfo Nieto, Marie Wallace, and Daniel Tatar; and DJ Greg Chun. The Carnegie Hall production also featured a 425-voice Chorus of Angels drawn from the United States, Germany, Canada, and Ireland.
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