STYX & STONES

THU 6.20.24
HUGH’S ROOM LIVE

296 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4M 2G7

Styx and Stones features creations from past Arkora projects, as well as new premieres from the opera Eurydice Fragments, a neo-Baroque cyberpunk trans reënvisioning of the Orphean myth (and inspiration for the concert’s Stygian title) we are developing with re:Naissance Opera.

Featuring (links to bios):
Teiya Kasahara, soprano
Jane Long, soprano
Anika Venkatesh, alto
Asitha Tennekoon, tenor
Jonathon Adams, baritone
Martin Gomes, bass
Kathleen Allan, MD/soprano
Bijan Sepanji, violin
Morgan-Paige Melbourne, piano
Andrew Ascenzo, cello
Andrew Noseworthy, electric guitar
Benton Roark, bass/analogue synth
Dhaivat Jani, drums/tabla

SET LIST

SHANTALEELA NAMOSTUTE

Curtis Andrews [music and text], featuring Dhaivat Jani, tabla

RANGE OF LIGHT

Benton Roark [music]; John Muir [text], featuring Jonathon Adams, baritone

HYPNOTIST

Fay Wang [music and text], featuring Teiya Kasahara, soprano

AND YET IT MOVES

Tova Kardonne, Dan Morphy, Sharon Lee, Benton Roark, Brendon Randall-Myers [music and text], featuring Anika Venkatesh, alto

WHERE THE BODY IS

Benton Roark [music]; Luke Hathaway [text], featuring Asitha Tennekoon, tenor

WHERE ENDLESS AGES ROLL

Benton Roark [music]; Anonymous, Sacred Harp 266 [text]

MAGNIFICAT

Benton Roark, Luke Hathaway, Debi Wong, Teiya Kasahara, Omari Newton, Brian Topp [music and text, with text from the Song of Mary], featuring Teiya Kasahara and Asitha Tennekoon