Gordon’s songs have been performed and or recorded by such internationally renowned singers as Renée Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Nathan Gunn, Judy Collins, Kelli O’Hara, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Nicole Cabell, the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Frederica Von Stade, Andrea Marcovicci, Harolyn Blackwell, and Betty Buckley, among many others.Ī highly prolific composer, Ricky Ian Gordon’s catalog includes The House Without A Christmas Tree (2016, libretto by Royce Vavrek, premiered by Houston Grand Opera) Morning Star (2014, libretto by William Hoffman, premiered by the Cincinnati Opera), about Jewish immigrants in New York’s Lower East Side in the beginning of the 20th century 27 (2014, libretto by Royce Vavrek, premiered at Opera Theatre of St. After moving to New York City, he quickly emerged as a leading writer of vocal music that spans art song, opera, and musical theater. 1956 in Oceanside, NY) studied piano, composition and acting at Carnegie Mellon University.
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