Paterson • Cote
“An excellent comic opera that will appeal to audiences well steeped in opera, as well as those who are new to the experience...” —Opera News
“An intriguing treatise on power, passion and human connection... Highly accessible! Cote has an obvious gift for humor, yet there also are moments of genuine tenderness. Paterson’s music is mesmerizing, beautifully supporting the story...” —The Tennessean
“A titillating and clever comic opera – the piece explores the future of sex and love, with all the humor and sorrow those subjects require.” —Time Out New York
A Trio of One-Act Operas Music
ROBERT PATERSON Libretto
DAVID COTE
Piano/vocal Score
PE
“...an innovative—and, yes, occasionally explosive—cocktail of opera buffa, sex comedy, science fiction, psychological study and social commentaries, all supported by an appropriately gritty score... wildly, yet smartly, entertaining.” —Classical Music Rocks
RU S
“Rarely do we find a postmodern opera that builds in time for audiences to belly laugh, an opera that encapsulates the complexity and depth of evolving identity and sexuality, and an opera that is both elegant and accessible.” —Schmopera
THREE WAY
“a sophisticated, exceptionally romantic, and even tender take on the silly vagaries of sex.” —Parterre Box
AL
“In three acts, the composer and librettist explore a trio of carnal situations, often with surprisingly touching—and funny—results…” —Musical America
Piano/vocal Score