Saugerties Workshop | Penelope and the Geese

Twelve miraculous women safely gathered in Saugerties, NY, a magical artistic oasis upstate, to rehearse, record, and create a long-form trailer for Penelope. While it was not the originally intended iteration by any means, Penelope’s story is still being told.

See below for a teaser, as well as behind the scenes pictures from our week of creation and camaraderie. And keep close watch of this page as we continue to add more.

Remember: it’s not an opera - it’s a manifesto.

Photo Credit: Charise Isis

Composer: Milica Paranosic (IG: @mparanosic) (FB: Milica Paranosic)

Librettist: Cheri Magid (IG: @cherimagid) (FB: Cheri Magid)

Conductor: Mila Henry (IG: @myohmyitsmila) (FB: Mila Henry)

Penelope: Hai-Ting Chinn (IG: @ahaiting)

Cellist: Jennifer Devore (FB: Jennifer Devore)

Harpist: Mia Theodoratus (IG: @mia_harpgrrl) (FB: Mia Theodoratus)

Flutist: Margaret Lancaster (IG: @magcaster1) (FB: Margaret Lancaster)

Recording Engineer: Dave Cook (IG: @area52studios) (FB: area52studios)

Producer: Suzanne Bennett/ShoutOut Saugerties (IG: @suzannebennett4490) (IG: @shoutoutsaugerties) (FB: Suzanne Bennett) (FB: Shout Out Saugerties)

Producer: Paracademia and Cheri Magid (IG: @paracademia) (FB: Paracademia LLC)

Videographer/Video Editor: Lara St. John (IG: @stjohnlara) (FB: Lara St. John)

Photographer: Cherise Isis (IG: @charise.photography) (FB: Charise Isis)

Production Manager: Erin Cass

Production Assistant: Kelsey Sullivan (IG: @kelsey_sullivan__)

Special Thanks to Millicent Young (IG: @millicent.young) (FB: Millicent Young) for collaborating with us with her sublime work, and to Josepha Gutelius and Benno Schmidbauer for access to their picturesque home.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Suzanne Bennett and Shout Out Saugerties for producing this project.

Paracademia and Cheri Magid for producing this project.

Opera America for their Opera Grant for Female Composers program supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

The Society of Classical Studies for their Classics Everywhere grant.

NYU Tisch for their Dean’s Grant, gifted by Dean Allyson Green.

New Music USA for their grant, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Helen F. Whitaker fund, The Aaron Copland fund for Music, Inc., New York State Council on the Arts.

Penelope and the geese

Penelope and the geese

Photo Credit: Charise Isis

We did it for penelope

Teaser For Penelope and the Geese

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