⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Amazon! “California composer Mark Abel has expanded his creative horizons with this impressive double-CD package, his third release for Delos. The orchestral song cycle ‘The Dream Gallery,’ his debut disc for the label, showed a flair for sociologically incisive lyric writing and original musical development of decent length. But Abel has gone far…
One of the characters in composer Mark Abel’s new opera Home Is A Harbor is “Lance,” a soldier who fought in the Afghanistan war. Since the opera spotlights the struggles of the wounded veteran upon his return from the war, Mark Abel and Delos wanted to donate a portion of the profits from Home Is…
The new hi-res download store Primephonic has just published a wonderful new interview with Delos composer Mark Abel! “primephonic editor Rachel Deloughry had the opportunity to chat with American composer Mark Abel about his inspiration: from his life in journalism and rock music and how his interesting background dealing with topical world events crops up…
A fantastic new Mark Abel interview is out now on the Opera Lively site. Make sure to read this in-depth look at the development and processes behind both Home Is A Harbor and The Palm Trees Are Restless: Continuing our loving and supportive relationship with contemporary opera, we are bringing to our readers coverage of…
Mark Abel talks about the music on his new Home Is A Harbor recording with Fanfare Magazine’s Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold: Not only does California-based composer Mark Abel’s first opera deal with a journey of discovery, but his own unique path as a composer sets him apart as a highly individual voice in contemporary music. The…
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold reviews Mark Abel’s new Home Is A Harbor recording in Fanfare Magazine: “Abel has penned his own libretto, and his prose, for all its sparseness, is literate and eloquent. His use of contemporary diction, when first seen only on the page, might seem a barrier to melodic vocal line, but Abel amazes…
Available TODAY! Home Is A Harbor: An Opera in Three Acts The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale World Premiere Recordings “a compelling musical theater piece which combines classical and modern musical elements with contemporary dramatic situations…. These two new works… come highly recommended for all enthusiasts of contemporary music…” — Carla…
Opera Lively critic Luiz Gazzola reviews Mark Abel’s Home is a Harbor opera and The Palm Trees are Restless song cycle before its release on Friday: On Home is a Harbor: “Mark Abel has a number of interesting pieces to his name. He has released previous CDs: “The Dream Gallery,” and “Terrain of the Heart.”…
We are officially one week away from the exciting release of Mark Abel’s World Premiere recordings of both his Home is a Harbor Opera and The Palm Trees Are Restless Song Cycle! The album is currently an Amazon Hot New Release and for good reason! Make sure to revisit some of our recent Insider features…
Mark Abel’s new Home is A Harbor recording comes out next week! Prepare for the new release with our Spotify playlist of Mark Abel recordings and Pre-Order Home is A Harbor on Amazon today! Pre-Order Now Home Is A Harbor: An Opera in Three Acts The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale…
A few years back, after the release of The Dream Gallery – California composer and lyricist Mark Abel’s orchestral song cycle and debut recording for Delos – label Director Carol Rosenberger commented: “In Mark’s opera-like cycle, we meet realistic present-day characters who think, feel and express themselves freely and kaleidoscopically. His music ingeniously reflects every…
Dear friends, Have you ever heard an opera about people who could be living right down the street from you? Welcome to Mark Abel’s Home Is a Harbor. In this spellbinding work, he has created characters that belong to OUR world; we recognize them as being like us. An especially poignant part of the story…
Opera Memphis conductor Benjamin Makino spent the past summer recording Mark Abel’s opera Home Is A Harbor and relates his experience in a blog he titles “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”: For now, please allow me to describe two projects which largely defined this summer the first of which being recording Home is a…
Soprano Hila Plitmann presents the world premiere recording of Mark Abel’s new song cycle The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale on the new Home Is A Harbor recording: The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale Pre-Order Now Home Is A Harbor: An Opera in Three Acts The Palm…
Pre-order the latest recording from composer Mark Abel, Home is a Harbor, on Amazon today! Home Is A Harbor: An Opera in Three Acts Pre-Order Now Home Is A Harbor: An Opera in Three Acts The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale World Premiere Recordings “Abel is as good a poet as…
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