Madison Lyric Stage To Feature Internationally Renowned Tenor

MADISON, CT – Madison Lyric Stage, a professional theater company serving the Connecticut shoreline, will present internationally renowned tenor Marc Deaton in “Postcards from Pierrot,” his original theatrical journey through great masterpieces of the twentieth century by Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg.

During this evening of experimental performance, Deaton will explore the evolution of speak-singing and its effects on opera, jazz, and theater through the famous commedia dell’arte persona, Pierrot.

Performances are June 24 and 25.

The centerpiece of the production is Schoenberg’s surrealist masterpiece “Pierrot Lunaire,” based on poems by Albert Giraud.

“Pierrot Lunaire” consists of three groups of seven poems. In the first group, Pierrot sings of love, sex, and religion; in the second, violence, crime, and blasphemy; and in the third, of his return home, with his past haunting him.

Deaton will also perform Berg’s elegant “Altenberg Lieder” based on picture postcard texts by Peter Altenberg, as well as another of Schoenberg’s greatest vocal works, “The Book of the Hanging Gardens,” with decadent texts by Stefan George, Alban Berg, and Arnold Schoenberg have figured prominently in the career of tenor Marc Deaton, including leading roles in Berg's operas “Wozzeck and Lulu,” and “Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron,” “Gurrelieder and Erwartung.”

Deaton has performed “Pierrot Lunaire” worldwide, including the prestigious Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna and many other distinguished venues.

“Pierrot Lunaire” will be performed with its full five-person orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Baker. Dancer Sarah Kennedy joins Deaton as Pierrot’s beloved Columbine.

Kelly Horsted will collaborate with Deaton on the piano for the evening.

Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by visiting madisonlyricstage.org or calling 203-215-6329. Show times are Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

Performances will be held inside MLS’s brand-new enclosed tent on the grounds of the Deacon John Grave House at 581 Boston Post Road in Madison.

Madison Lyric Stage is supported in part by generous gifts from Chase, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Guilford Savings Bank, the Maureen E. and Peter F. Dalton Fund of The Madison Foundation, and the Madison Rotary Foundation, along with support from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. In addition, support has been provided by CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.

Madison Lyric Stage is an award-winning, professional theater company serving the Connecticut shoreline. Its mission is to expand participation in the arts by presenting accessible, inclusive, and affordable professional-quality opera, musical theater, and drama.

For more information about Madison Lyric Stage, visit madisonlyricstage.org.