Today's Message

Join the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State for a performance of John Cage's Europera 5 on Friday, October 12, at 8:00 p.m. in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium, part of M&T Second Friday at the Burchfield Penney.

Europera 5 (1991) was John Cage's last and most portable opera. It is a collage scored for two singers, each singing five arias of their own choosing from the standard opera repertoire. A pianist "accompanies" them by playing six different opera transcriptions. They are joined by a single 78 rpm Victrola player, playing six historical opera recordings and a performer playing a prerecorded tape, plus the use of a radio and a silent television.

This performance features Martha Herr (soprano), Tom Kostusiak (lighting), Don Metz (Truckera tape), Amy Williams (piano), Jan Williams (78 rpm Victrola), and Robert Zimmerman (tenor).

Tickets are $5 for Burchfield Penney members, $15 for "not yet" members, and may be purchased online or by phone at ext. 6011 during gallery hours.

More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.