LAND OF DREAMS, starring Shiela Vand, Matt Dillon and William Mosely, with Isabella Rossellini, Christopher McDonald and Anna Gunn co-starring, directed by Golden Lion winner Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari, made Official Selection for the 78th Venice International Film Festival & 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Original soundtrack and lyrics written by Rebecca Comerford as The Balladista.
NIGHTINGALE & THE TOWER
is an electronic Chamber Opera
written by Rebecca Comerford, Jason Treuting (Sō Percussion), Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco) with arrangements by Beth Meyers (Damsel) for seven professional adult singers from the Opera world and twenty youth, ages 7-18. Combining elements of digital and acoustic sounds, this pioneering new work commissioned by Ojai Youth Opera Company, melds the elements of a rich neo-classical score with electronic and synthesized textures to create a bold, multidisciplinary work of art, never before seen.
Soprano Sequina DuBose sings Philomena in the 2019 Production of Nightingale and the Tower, photo by Kevin King.
SONGS OF RESISTANCE AND REBELLION welcomes the return of acclaimed vocalist Rebecca Comerford and pianist Anna Dagmar to the Metropolitan Museum's Neue Galerie cabaret series with a one woman show of power and potency. The two veteran performers traverse the worlds of opera, jazz and folk, celebrating the art of the protest song and the composers who give a voice to the voiceless. Highlights include works by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Anaïs Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, Nina Simone and Comerford herself. From concert halls to beer halls, from the French Revolution to the Weimar Republic, Songs of Resistance and Rebellion is what Broadway World describes as "an unforgettable night."
