45 min. Opera Film | December 2020.
BREATHING FREE (2020) is a visual album featuring excerpts from Beethoven's Fidelio, Negro Spirituals, and songs by Harry T. Burleigh, Florence Price, Langston Hughes, Anthony Davis, and Thulani Davis.
Derrell Acon (Bass-Baritone), Curtis Bannister (Tenor), Kelly Griffin (Soprano), Randy Castillo (Dancer), Tamrin Goldberg (Dancer), Brian Hollow Dreamz Henry (Dancer)
DIRECTOR
Ethan Heard
FILMMAKER
Anaiis Cisco
CREATIVE PRODUCER
Ras Dia
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Kathryn Boyd-Batstone + Jacob Mallin
CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR & ARRANGER (FIDELIO)
Daniel Schlosberg
CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR
Jacob Ashworth
L.A. TIMES (FEBRUARY 2021)
BROADWAY WORLD (FEB. 11, 2021)
KCRW (FEB. 10, 2021)
THE ARGONAUT (FEB. 3, 2021)
SF CLASSICAL VOICE (FEB. 2, 2021)
OPERAWIRE (JAN. 20, 2021)
BOSTON GLOBE (DEC. 10, 2021)
THE NEW YORKER (DEC. 7, 2021)