Operation Opera is a 4-day intensive festival where the Four Corners Ensemble will premiere 8 new chamber operas. This year, Half of the operas were selected from our call for scores, and half of the operas were referred by our collaborator, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Learn more about the winners and their operas here.
Operation opera
May 24-27, 2018
Oriol Sans
Music Director & Conductor
Associate Director of Orchestras
Assistant Professor, Conducting Department
School of Music, Theatre & Dance - University of Michigan
Shuying Li
Artistic Director
Composer-in-Residence, American Lyric Theater
Artistic Director, the Four Corners Ensemble
Siyuan Li
Vocal Coach & Pianist
Collaborative Pianist, University of Michigan
Adjunct Faculty, Jackson College
Pianist with the Khemia and the Four Corners Ensemble
Erzhan Xu
Operations Manager
Executive Director, the Four Corners Ensemble
Founder and Chief Director, the Opus 1 International Music Festival
Zhen Qin
Media Manager
Composer/Arranger for Film/TV
Photographer/Sound Engineer
Marco Antonio Bertuccelli
Assistant Media Manager, Opertaion Intern
B.M. in Music Composition
B.M. in Music Theory
B.S. in Computer Science
Merryl Neille
Judging Panel & Flutist
Principal Flute with Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Adjunct Faculty at Jackson College
Flutist with Four Corners Ensemble
Joshua Anderson
Judging Panel & Clarinetist
Assistant Professor at University of Neveda-Reno
Principle Clarinet with Dearborn Symphony Orchestra
Clarinetist with Four Corners Ensemble
Seohee Min
Judging Panel & Violinist
First Violin Section with Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Violinist with Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (2016-2018)
Violinist with Four Corners Ensemble
Richard Narroway
Judging Panel & Cellist
Cellist with Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (2016-2018)
Cellist with Four Corners Ensemble
Chelsea Gallo
Guest Conductor
Music Director, U-M Life Science Orchestra
Back Pocket Duo
Ensemble in Residence
We're thrilled that Annie Jeng and Colin McCall of the Back Pocket Duo are joining us to perform in the operas as well as to present operas/excerpts arranged/written for them!
Operation Opera is supported in part through funding from the Confucius Institute, and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Meta Weiser EXCEL Fund
