This page features a selection of documents relating to the Midnight Opera Company, including press releases, Kitchen calenders, an advertisement, and a New York Times review, all dating from 1972 and 1973. Documents are viewable in large format by clicking on the appropriate link. |
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1st Advertisement, Village Voice (March 8, 1973) This was the first Kitchen advertisement published in the Village Voice. The ad presents the Midnight Opera Company’s six March performances, each with an entrance fee of $1. |
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John Rockwell, Midnight Opera Group Experiments With Jazz, New York Times (April 1973) In this short article the New York Times critic John Rockwell reviews a performance by the Midnight Opera Company held at the Kitchen. He describes the group as an experimental jazz ensemble with sounds that "alternate between practiced but routine new-jazz bursts of energy and more set, simple, classically oriented segments making use of the augmented musical forces." |
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October 1972 Kitchen Calendar (October 28-29, 1972) This calendar announces the Midnight Opera Company’s performances at the Kitchen on October 28 and 29, 1972. |
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1972 Kitchen Calendar This Kitchen calendar announces the Midnight Opera Company’s performances on December 22 and 23, 1972. |
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Press Release Letter (February 26, 1973) This press release announces that the Midnight Opera Company is back in New York City and the Kitchen, to present new works mixed with the old repertoire on three March evenings. The following musicians are to perform: John Abacrombie, Sam Burtis, Joe Ferguson, Cal Hill, Butch Jones, Pete LaBarbara, Michael Tschudin and Chip White. There will be visual projections by Pablo Lights and video and electronic images by the Vasulkas. |
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March 1973, Kitchen Calendar (March 8-10, 1973) This program lists the performances announced in the press release above, taking place at the Kitchen from March 8-10, 1973. |
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Press Release Letter (March 24, 1973) This press release announces six performances by the Midnight Opera Company, held at the Kitchen from April 26-28, 1973. The following musicians are participating: Sam Burtis, Larry Chaplan, Buncey Devyatkin, Dimitri Devyatkin, Wayne Dockery, Joe Ferguson, Butch Jones, Michael Tschudin, Steina Vasulka and Chip White. In addition to the music there will be a visual rear screen projection by Pablo Lights and video and electronic images by Shrihdar Bapat, the Cooks, Dimitri Devyatkin, the Vasulkas and Jane and Walter Wright. |
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April 1973, Kitchen Calendar (April 26-28, 1973) This Kitchen calendar lists the performances announced in the press release above. |
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Press Release Letter (May 1, 1973) In this press release the Midnight Opera Company announces that there will be a live video event on May 19, with music by Sam Burtis, Lary Chaplan, Butch Jones, Harvey Swartz, John Tank, Michael Tschudin and Chip White. Shrindar Bapat and Jane and Walter Wright will be showing video and electronic images. |
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May 1973, Kitchen Calendar (May 19, 1973) This Kitchen calendar lists the live performance announced in the press release above. |
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