Tuesday, December 25, 2001

Cats, Dogs, and Divas, Op. 104


Op. 104 CATS, DOGS, AND DIVAS
(December 25, 2001)
(after Harriet March Page)
Opera for voice(s) and instrument(s)
I. Introduction
II. Long Time
III. Between Depression
IV. Greatgrandma Hattie
V. In the House of My Father
VI. Not
VII. Make a Man a God
VIII. Condescension, Scorn
IX. Lady Macbeth of the Red Light District
X. Shakespeare Is Such a Genius
XI. A Father Can Be a Bother
XII. Abortion
XIII. Little Prayer
XIV. At the Hospital
XV. Mother
XVI. The Proposition
XVII. Crazy
XVIII. His Needs
XIX. Wisteria
XX. Oh Come On
XXI Love
XXII. You Got That Right
XXIII. Brunnhilde


Score:



https://imslp.org/wiki/Cats%2C_Dogs%2C_and_Divas%2C_Op.104_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

February 22, 2003
Harriet March Page, Soprano
NOW Music Festival, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

March 8, 2003
Harriet March Page, Soprano
NACUSA Concert, Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA

May 13, 2006
Janet Lohr, Mezzo-Soprano; Dave Hurlburt, Piano
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA

May 25-27, 2006
Suzanna Mizell, Sarah Hutchinson, Sandy Castleberry,
Maggie Tenenbaum, Cynthia Wyacker, Janet Lohr, Voices
Harriet March Page, Director; Fresh Voices VI Festival,
San Francisco Cabaret Opera, Thick House Theatre, San Francisco, CA

October 29, 2006
Suzanna Mizell, Sarah Hutchinson, Sandy Castleberry,
Maggie Tenenbaum, Cynthia Wyacker, Janet Lohr, Voices
Harriet March Page, Director, San Francisco Cabaret Opera
Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

January 18-19, 2007
Suzanna Mizell, Sarah Hutchinson, Sandy Castleberry,
Maggie Tenenbaum, Cynthia Wyacker, Janet Lohr, Voices
Harriet March Page, Director, San Francisco Cabaret Opera,
Women on the Way Festival, Dance Mission, San Francisco, CA

April 20, 2007
San Francisco Cabaret Opera
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

August 5, 12 / 19 / 29, 2017
Fresh Voices XVII Festival of New Works: Feet First Into the Fire! 
Teressa Foss, Soprano; Patrick Brancato, Baritone
Frank Johnson, Piano, Harriet March Page, Director
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera 
Bay Area Stage, Vallejo, CA / St. Alban's Church, Albany, CA /
Community Music Center, Capp Street, San Francisco, CA


Recording:
CATS, DOGS, AND DIVAS
(New Music, 2007)
I. Introduction
II. Long Time
III. Between Depression
IV. Greatgrandma Hattie
V. In the House of My Father
VI. Not
VII. Make a Man a God
VIII. Condescension, Scorn
IX. Lady Macbeth of the Red Light District
X. Shakespeare Is Such a Genius
XI. A Father Can Be a Bother
XII. Abortion
XIII. Little Prayer
XIV. At the Hospital
XV. Mother
XVI. The Proposition
XVII. Crazy
XVIII. His Needs
XIX. Wisteria
XX. Oh Come On
XXI Love
XXII. You Got That Right
XXIII. Brunnhilde