Winner of the Rome Prize and fellowships from Ives, Tanglewood, and ASCAP, Bates tells the story of a middle-aged author spiraling into lethargy and self-destruction while grappling with a failed marriage, ultimately looking for renewed vigor in contact with a mysterious neighbor and a club kid plucked from San Francisco's techno scene.
Conductor: George Manahan
Neighbor: Arianna Zukerman
Victoria: Julianna Di Giacomo
Dean: William Ferguson
Niko: James Schaffner
Excerpt 1(6:13)
Writer Dean Pearsall arrives at the empty mansion of a friend hoping to get his life back together and finish his long-awaited 2nd novel. After an energetic start, self-doubt returns, as he cannot accept his new book could be, as his wife called it, 'unbelievable.'
Excerpt 2(3:39)
Attempting to write, Dean is distracted by the appearance of the beautiful neighbor in the neighboring yard. As she picks roses, she sings a Vocalise that mesmerizes Dean.
Excerpt 3(2:45)
Yet another distraction appears in Dean's backyard, this one in the form of a twenty-something club kid named Niko. The quick-thinking charmer insinuates that he knows the woman next door and can provide an introduction - all the while hoping to gain access to Dean's crash pad.
