Psyche (2008)
Composed by Garrett Fisher
Words by Thom Schram
Choreography and Co-Direction by Christy Fisher
Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Ken Cerniglia
Puppets and costumes by Tori Ellison

Psyche is an inter-disciplinary opera that combines music, spoken word, movement and life-size puppets to tell the story of wrathful Aphrodite's quest to ruin Psyche.

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Moon in the Bucket (November 2008)
Music by Garrett Fisher
Words by Zeami
Co-Direction/Choreography by Christy Fisher
Co-Direction by Ken Cerniglia
Set and Costumes by Tori Ellison
Mask by Louise McCagg

Inspired by Zeamis fourteenth-century Noh play Matsukaze (wind in the pines), this opera tells the story of a wandering priest who employs the moons reflection to release a pair of ghosts from their haunted past.

"a haunting, ineffably lovely choreographed oratorio" --TimeOut NY

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The Passion of Saint Thomas More (1995, 2007)
Words and Music by Garrett Fisher
Co-Direction and Choreography by Christy Fisher
Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Ken Cerniglia
Masks by Louise McCagg
Costumes by Aubrey Jackson

The Passion of Saint Thomas More is a meditation on the historical figure, Thomas More and his decision to remain true to his conviction as he refused the demands of King Henry VIII.

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Agamamenon (1997, 1998)
Words and Music by Garrett Fisher
Choreography by Christy Fisher
Masks by Louise McCagg

Agamemnon is based on the ancient Greek tragedy of Aeschylus and tells the story of the Greek king who returned from the Trojan Wars and is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra.

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Sally Hemings (2003)
Music/Words by Garrett Fisher
Artistic Direction by Alan Maskin
Movement Direction by Christy Fisher
Cinematography by Tim Bies
Video Editing Theo Lipfert

This video opera is based on the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

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