Savage Winter Douglas Cuomo

"Savage Winter" at BAM's Next Wave Festival

Gig Alerts | Nov 6, 2018

"Savage Winter" at BAM, Wed. - Sun., Nov. 7-10.
Tickets: $25. Shows at 7:30 pm each night.

Two hundred years ago, Franz Schubert wrote a famous set of songs called Winterreise – winter journey. Now, composer Douglas Cuomo has used those same poems, only in an English translation, as the basis for his new one-act music theater piece called "Savage Winter." The poems tell a story of a man wandering through a winter landscape after the end of a love affair, but at some point the literal winter journey becomes a metaphoric voyage into existential despair. They inspired some of Schubert’s most bleak and beautiful music, and Cuomo’s piece calls for a tenor, supported by a small onstage ensemble with electronics to evoke this cold, dark story. 

"Savage Winter," by Douglas Cuomo is part of BAM’s Next Wave Festival, opening Wed., Nov. 7 and running through Saturday, Nov. 10. 

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