The Velvet Oratorio
An evocative retelling of the Czech Velvet Revolution using found text, choral music, and scenes inspired by Václav Havel's Vanêk plays. The original UTC61 production was presented at the Walter Bruno Theater at Lincoln Center, as part of the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts' Performing Revolution Festival. This book includes the full text of both the scenes and choruses, as well as interviews with the composer and the librettist.
136 pages
$14.95
ISBN 978-0-9770197-3-1
Reviews for the stage production
“A wonderfully conceived distillation in words and operatic music of what happened in Czechoslovakia after the Berlin Wall.”
— blogcritics
"A delicate, layered, and powerful retelling of the Velvet Revolution. Trumbell is fantastic, showcasing our own face into the fray with bewilderment, humor, and a take charge performance."
— Artswire
“Slyly written...often beautiful”