[PermaDeath: A Video Game Opera]
I joined Dan Visconti and Cerise Jacobs’ PermaDeath: A Video Game Opera two days before the first rehearsal when the lead soprano had to drop out and from that moment on, it’s been a non-stop wild ride! Check out our promo video and if you’re in Boston, come see the show at the Cutler Majestic Theatre on September 27-19th at 8pm.
Video reel featuring “Entreat me not to leave thee”
Highlights from the premiere of the video game opera PermaDeath at the ArtsEmerson Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston, September 27-29.
My photo is in the same Hong Kong Opera magazine article as the blue opera singer from the Fifth Element. I have now MADE IT, Y'ALL. Nice shout-out, White Snake Projects! #GoTeamPermaDeath #GETPUMPED Thank you Ken Smith!
PermaDeath rehearsals are in full swing! See the singers give voice to their avatars. Video by Kathy Wittman/Ball Square Films
[THE REVIEWS]
[Boston Classical Review]
“As Sonny, Maggie Finnegan sang with a soft but nimble coloratura that floated effortlessly in her plaintive cry in the final scene, where she sacrifices her life to save Apollo. Finnegan’s acting made Sonny an especially sympathetic figure as she struggled with her disease and over the fear of losing her friend.”
[The Boston Globe]
“The wheelchair-bound Sonny [was] sung with crisp excellence by soprano Maggie Finnegan”
[Boston Music Intelligencer]
“Maggie Finnegan (Sonny) [had a] delicate, yet expressive soprano, precisely tempered in its upper ranges.”
Final Dress photos by Kathy Wittman
iPhone video footage from the final dress rehearsal by composer Dan Visconti
Shooting on a green screen / Rehearsal on stage at the Cutler Majestic Theatre
The view from the stage of the Cutler Majestic Theatre in downtown Boston.
[Late Summer, Tom Cipullo]
I had the great privilege of performing Tom Cipullo's Late Summer with the incredible pianist Clare Longendyke as a part of Calliope's Call's Cross Connections concert a few weeks ago. Here is the full cycle!
Calliope's Call: www.calliopescall.org Cross Connections: Tom Cipullo April 2018 Late Summer -Crickets -Summer into Autumn Slips -Touch Me Maggie Finnegan, soprano Clare Longendyke, piano
[Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar]
I am currently a singing Fellow at the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar working on contemporary American art song in Potsdam, NY. I am spending the week singing and working with Stephanie Blythe, Alan Smith, composer Juliana Hall and 8 other fellows. Here is a video of my portion of the first master class with pianist Tatiana Lokhina. You can view the performances and master classes on the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar Facebook page.
Maggie Finnegan, Soprano Tatiana Lokhina, Piano All Along the Watchtower, Corigliano / Dylan Stephanie Blythe & Alan Smith http://www.fallisland.org/ maggiefinnegansoprano.com
[Calliope's Call]
This weekend we had a fantastic American art song recital with Calliope's Call! I was privileged to perform Late Summer by Tom Cipullo, along with a song from Juliana Hall's cycle Syllables of Velvet, Sentences of Plush. Getting to perform incredible music like this with such world class musicians is one of the great joys of my life, and having the composers present sent me absolutely over the moon! Congrats to everyone involved!
[World Premiere]
I spent an incredible weekend performing the world premiere of Juliana Hall's song In Closer Bonds of Love To Thee with poetry by Fanny Crosby. Getting to not only to perform with Juliana, but record her song for her upcoming CD of new art song was a true thrill. I'm so grateful to work with such incredible musicians! #artsong #worldpremiere
[American Prize Second Place Winner]
Thrilled to have won second place in the The American Prize: celebrating American excellence in the arts Women in Opera/Operetta division! I am in the best company with the incredible Chelsea Basler-Aston, and huge shout out to Christine Lyons, Soprano for her third place win! #americanprize#secondplace #teamsoprano
[American Prize Finalist]
I'm so thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as one of the finalists of the American Prize for Women in Opera! What I want to know is if I win, do I get one of those hats??
