2006 North American premiere of
Georges Aperghis' "Sextuor: L'origine des espèces"
libretto - Francois Regnault(1992)
Recent News: Stephanie Aston, a member of the sextet, is a recent recipient of a recording graduate
student award from the Warren Music Center Studios at UCSD. With this award the sextet will be
recording Sextuor in June 2010.
The Walcott Sextet is currently planning a UK/Ireland tour for November/December 2010.
For more information about the The Walcott Sextet's tour proposal
download
this pdf.
Non-Profit Sponsorship
The Walcott Sextet is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas,
a non-profit arts service
organization. Contributions in behalf of The Walcott Sextet
may be made payable to
Fractured Atlas and are
tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
The Chamber Opera
Sextuor tells the story of evolution. Using texts from both Darwin
and Gould, Regnault and Aperghis
add further narrative and protean nonsense
syllables to create the piece. Each performer represents a
symbolic link
to the story of evolution ("Death" by the contralto, "Birth" by Soprano
I, "Cinderella" or
natural selection by the mezzo-soprano, "Delivery"
by Soprano II, "Love" by Soprano III,
and "The Theorist" by the cellist.)
Full translation of the opera - pdf
The Walcott Sextet includes: Stephanie Aston-Mezzo; Mayra Leticia
Gallo-Soprano III; April Guthrie-cello;
Leslie Ann Leytham (on recording Harmony Jiroudek)-Contralto;
Marja Liisa Kay-Soprano II;
Kris Wildman-Soprano I
Walcott Sextet Individual Bios (+ director and costume designer) - pdf
Music Selections - click on play button to listen or title to download
First Half of Sextuor
- 30 minutes
Opening
Sequence - 56 seconds
Gibberish
Duet - 19 seconds
Gibberish
Conversation - 21 seconds
Theorist
- Cello Solo - 1'51"
Photo documentation of 2006 North American Premiere - click on thumbnail to enlarge
