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Songs and Dances of Desire: In Memoriam Carmen Rupe
for solo guitar, mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor and orchestra
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About
Songs and Dances of Death & Desire is a tribute to the life and personality of Carmen Rupe, Maori transvestite, high-club owner, exotic dancer, drag queen, Wellington mayoral candidate, etc., and also reworks musical snippets from Bizet’s opera, Carmen.
Performance history
08 Mar 2013: Performed as part of the 2013 Auckland Arts Festival by the Auckland Philharmonia, conductor Kenneth Young, with Mere Boynton and Anna Pierard (mezzo-sopranos), dancer Jason Moore, guitarist Norio Sato and countertenor, Xiao Ma.
Directed by Warwick Broadhead.
24 May 2015: Jack Body Memorial Concert