the golden ass, a chamber opera in one act

composition and film by Tiffany M. Skidmore
Libretto by Patrick Gallagher
Adapted by Tiffany M. Skidmore
with Additional Text by Lucius Apuleius (author of the novel, The Golden Ass)
and Ch’u Yuan (author of The Heavenly Questions)

Graphic Design by Jerrald Spencer

Duration: 73’

includes the myth of Psyche and Cupid, no stars, metamorphosis, miniatures, no II, shuāng xǐ, miniatures, no I, mais mes mains, this immoderate translation, and grow old, plus video projections.

Premiered by Betsy McCann, Quince Vocal Ensemble (Carrie Henneman Shaw, Liz Ann Pearse, Anna Elder, and Kayleigh Butcher), Adam Zahller, Justin Anthony Spenner, Tori Breen, Sequoia Hauck, Estefania Sedarski, Sommer Walters, Anthony R Green, Joey Crane, Duo Gelland (Cecilia Gelland and Martin Gelland), Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble (Patrick O’Keefe, Heather Barringer, Patti Cudd, and Nicola Melville), Dalia Chin, James DeVoll, Kyle Hutchins, Elizabeth York, Jeremy Johnson, Scotty Horey, Jared Miller, and Daniel Walden at Nautilus Music-Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota on February 21-23, 2020.

113 Composers Collective
ISBN: 978-1-950695-37-9