Opera Music Video: Scary Fairy
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"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows..."
We're making a music video! Dark, magickal, operatic with a grungy twist.
Imagine a primal creature made of dry twigs, black diamonds, and spite, emerging from the woods at dusk to begin its seduction.
This forest demi-deity, the fairy monarch Oberon from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, sings with the rich, sensual persuasion of poisoned honey, and its universe is a plane of slowed time, moral ambiguity, and richly tense sexuality.
Sung by mezzo soprano Nikola Printz, this aria becomes a fantasy about fantasy and the dark worlds we create in our deepest dreams.
FEATURING:
Mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz as fairy deity Oberon, performing "I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows" from Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream
Actor/model Milan Whitfield as "Sleeping Beauty," the everywoman whose dreams materialize as the possessive, obsessive Oberon.
Here's Nikola singing another aria (from Salome) while performing aerials at the Midtown Opera Festival. Video by Eric Bryce Swartz
Ready to give us your money? Need more reasons?
Our creative team is bursting with womxn and queers. We're making this to exercise our passions and see ourselves represented in opera. If you care about diversity in the arts, this is a project you can feel GREAT about supporting.
*more forest locations Oberon passes through on their journey through the woods
MEET THE TEAM
THE SINGER
Nikola Printz is a young mezzo soprano whose talents occupy multiple fora. She makes her home in thrilling and unusual stage craft. Recent appearances include her aerial operatic trapeze performance of “Meine lippen sie Küssen so heiß” with the Opera Modesto Symphony, the title role of Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri with Opera Memphis, the title role of Carmen with West Bay Opera, and the Old Lady in Bernstein’s Candide with Angels Vocal Arts. Having recently completed her artist residency with Opera Memphis, she has been seen in other roles such as Rosina (Barber of Seville), Rosina (Il trionfo Dell’Onore), Dorabella, Cherubino, and Flora in La Traviata. Equally at home on the cabaret stage, Nikola also originated and reprised the role of Velma Louise Cole in the San Francisco immersive theatre show “The Speakeasy” with Boxcar Theater. Her next engagements include Carmen with Opera Modesto and Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with West Bay Opera in the summer of 2019. More can be found at www.nikolaprintz.com.
THE ACTOR
Milan Whitfield is an actor/model with a passion for the arts and has been performing for a little over seven years. She's had the pleasure of working with many directors and many talented casts, a few of her favorite roles include Puck (Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream), Louise (Gypsy), Sleeping beauty (Sf Panto) and most recently Little Red (Into the Woods). She recently was signed to Models.Inc and is hoping to branch out to print work and television while continuing school and pursuing her dream of theater.
THE CHOREOGRAPHER
KJ Dahlaw is a dance artist, recently relocated to the Bay area from Chicago, via Reno, NV. KJ holds a BFA in dance from Northern Illinois University and an MFA in Dance from Saint Mary's College of CA. KJ works professionally as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and Artistic Director of Unruly Body Tanztheater. Learn more about KJ's work at www.unrulybodytanztheater.com.
THE DIRECTOR
Jolie O'Dell studied to be an opera singer from early childhood. After a corporate detour, she began her career in professional theatrical design at San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet as a union crew artist. Today, she designs wigs, makeup, and costumes for performing arts companies around the Bay Area and is making her directorial debut in the 2018/2019 season. Jolie's original creations have appeared on the stages of West Bay Opera, West Edge Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, Pocket Opera, Cinnabar Theater, Oasis, and other regional houses in the Bay Area.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Justin Hill began his passion for film making his freshman year of high school, bringing passion and energy and a desire to learn the intricacies of cinematography. Trained professionally through the New York Film Academy located in Hollywood during his senior year of high school, Justin later finished a bachelor's degree of fine arts focusing on cinema studies at San Francisco State University in the spring of 2010. In the years since, Justin has spent his time pursuing freelance projects in cinematography and videography as both a cinematographer and video editor. In 2017 Justin became interested in the opportunities that aerial photography provides through the use of drones, taking classes at Drone University and later getting licensed with the Federal Aviation Association to fly drones commercially.
Produced by MAGICK TRIBE
That's a wrap! Thank you, enjoy the vid, and stay tuned for our next bit of magic coming soon!
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows..."
We're making a music video! Dark, magickal, operatic with a grungy twist.
Imagine a primal creature made of dry twigs, black diamonds, and spite, emerging from the woods at dusk to begin its seduction.
This forest demi-deity, the fairy monarch Oberon from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, sings with the rich, sensual persuasion of poisoned honey, and its universe is a plane of slowed time, moral ambiguity, and richly tense sexuality.
FEATURING:
Mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz as fairy deity Oberon, performing "I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows" from Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream Actor/model Milan Whitfield as "Sleeping Beauty," the everywoman whose dreams materialize as the possessive, obsessive Oberon.Here's Nikola singing another aria (from Salome) while performing aerials at the Midtown Opera Festival. Video by Eric Bryce Swartz
Ready to give us your money? Need more reasons?
Our creative team is bursting with womxn and queers. We're making this to exercise our passions and see ourselves represented in opera. If you care about diversity in the arts, this is a project you can feel GREAT about supporting.
*more forest locations Oberon passes through on their journey through the woodsMEET THE TEAM
THE SINGER
Nikola Printz is a young mezzo soprano whose talents occupy multiple fora. She makes her home in thrilling and unusual stage craft. Recent appearances include her aerial operatic trapeze performance of “Meine lippen sie Küssen so heiß” with the Opera Modesto Symphony, the title role of Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri with Opera Memphis, the title role of Carmen with West Bay Opera, and the Old Lady in Bernstein’s Candide with Angels Vocal Arts. Having recently completed her artist residency with Opera Memphis, she has been seen in other roles such as Rosina (Barber of Seville), Rosina (Il trionfo Dell’Onore), Dorabella, Cherubino, and Flora in La Traviata. Equally at home on the cabaret stage, Nikola also originated and reprised the role of Velma Louise Cole in the San Francisco immersive theatre show “The Speakeasy” with Boxcar Theater. Her next engagements include Carmen with Opera Modesto and Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with West Bay Opera in the summer of 2019. More can be found at www.nikolaprintz.com.
THE ACTOR
Milan Whitfield is an actor/model with a passion for the arts and has been performing for a little over seven years. She's had the pleasure of working with many directors and many talented casts, a few of her favorite roles include Puck (Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream), Louise (Gypsy), Sleeping beauty (Sf Panto) and most recently Little Red (Into the Woods). She recently was signed to Models.Inc and is hoping to branch out to print work and television while continuing school and pursuing her dream of theater.
THE CHOREOGRAPHER
KJ Dahlaw is a dance artist, recently relocated to the Bay area from Chicago, via Reno, NV. KJ holds a BFA in dance from Northern Illinois University and an MFA in Dance from Saint Mary's College of CA. KJ works professionally as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and Artistic Director of Unruly Body Tanztheater. Learn more about KJ's work at www.unrulybodytanztheater.com.
THE DIRECTOR
Jolie O'Dell studied to be an opera singer from early childhood. After a corporate detour, she began her career in professional theatrical design at San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet as a union crew artist. Today, she designs wigs, makeup, and costumes for performing arts companies around the Bay Area and is making her directorial debut in the 2018/2019 season. Jolie's original creations have appeared on the stages of West Bay Opera, West Edge Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, Pocket Opera, Cinnabar Theater, Oasis, and other regional houses in the Bay Area.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Justin Hill began his passion for film making his freshman year of high school, bringing passion and energy and a desire to learn the intricacies of cinematography. Trained professionally through the New York Film Academy located in Hollywood during his senior year of high school, Justin later finished a bachelor's degree of fine arts focusing on cinema studies at San Francisco State University in the spring of 2010. In the years since, Justin has spent his time pursuing freelance projects in cinematography and videography as both a cinematographer and video editor. In 2017 Justin became interested in the opportunities that aerial photography provides through the use of drones, taking classes at Drone University and later getting licensed with the Federal Aviation Association to fly drones commercially.
Produced by MAGICK TRIBE
Organiser
Jolie O'Dell
Organiser
San Francisco, CA