Nero and The Fall of Lehman Brothers
The unprecedented financial collapse of 2008, set amidst scheming trading floors of Wall Street and the forces of gods and love of imperial ancient Rome, are cast in a dynamic and beautiful musical landscape.
Cosi faran tutti (They’ll All Do It!)
A prequel to Mozart’s Cosi Commissioned by The Italian Academy
“Erudite yet earthy, Così Faran Tutti outshines many of our more famous contemporary operas”
“The singing, dancing, and staging delight on every level”
“Wildly funny” –Stan Metzger, Editor in Chief/Seen and Heard International 12/29/12
“A fizzing, innovative score” –Paul Pelkonen/Super-Conductor
“The singing, dancing, and staging delight on every level”
“Wildly funny” –Stan Metzger, Editor in Chief/Seen and Heard International 12/29/12
“A fizzing, innovative score” –Paul Pelkonen/Super-Conductor
Cracked Orlando dramma per musica e fractals
The Italian Academy
“Dawe’s score is like Handel in a blender, framing melismatic vocal lines against a dissonant, fragmented instrumental soundscape”
– Joanne Sydney Lessner, Opera News - 3/4/17
– Joanne Sydney Lessner, Opera News - 3/4/17
PROMETHEUS
WORKS & PROCESS SERIES The Guggenheim Museum
“Ever since Jonathan Dawe’s Prometheus I can not imagine a world without fractal-baroque operas”
William Anderson, Director Cygnus Ensemble, Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, Blog 2005
William Anderson, Director Cygnus Ensemble, Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, Blog 2005
