Organization

Pianist

Casey Baker

Tyler Kivel

Singer

Aaron Wardell

Raymond

Tobias Wright

Clarke

Christina Pecce

Helen

Vince Wallace

Villiers

Bridget Skaggs

Austin

Quinn Middleman

Rachel

Thomas Bailey

Meyrick

Maureen Smith

Mary

Marysa Abbas

Trevor

Mark Haddad

Herbert

Katherine Bruton

Jonathan Zeng

Conductor

Catherine O’Shaughnessy

Stage director

George Cederquist

Set designer

Patrick Rizzotti

Costume designer

Caitlin McLeod

Lighting designer

Erik S Barry

Chicago Fringe Opera

The Great God Pan

Chicago

United States

Chopin Theatre

The Great God Pan Crean

Public

Approved

Scientific hubris, transcendental medicine, and the unexplainable supernatural.
The Great God Pan takes its story from an eponymous 1890 novella by Welsh author Arthur Machen, which explores themes of scientific hubris, transcendental medicine, and unexplainable supernatural behavior. Composer Ross Crean adapted Machen’s narrative into the work’s libretto himself, an ambitious and rare undertaking for a composer. The story begins with a surgery gone wrong. Dr. Raymond invites Mr. Clarke to witness an important experiment based on elements of nontraditional, ancient rituals. Raymond sacrifices his ward, Mary, as the subject of his attempt to access a higher spiritual plane – referred to as, “seeing the Great God Pan” – and unwittingly initiates a series of mysterious supernatural occurrences that Clarke encounters over the next few decades. Crean’s ingenuity in composing the accompanying piano parts with the sounds of strumming and plucking combine to make the music that much more vibrant. — Courtesy Naxos of America

English

The Great God Pan by Crean, From (2018/2018), Directed by George Cederquist,, Conductor Catherine O’Shaughnessy, Chopin Theatre, Chicago, United States

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