Mazel tov to Tucson composer Daniel Asia, whose opera “The Tin Angel” will premiere on June 28 and 29 with Teatro Grattacielo at the Ellen Stewart Theater at La Mama in New York City.
Asia’s Jewish heritage deeply informs his music, which integrates Jewish texts and traditions, merging classical and jazz influences. The libretto for “The Tin Angel” is based on a murder mystery by the late writer Paul Pines, shaped by his father’s Holocaust survival and the struggles of his broken Jewish home.
Asia is an emeritus professor of composition at the Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona.
For tickets and more information, visit www.grattacielo.org
