Royce Vavrek

Royce Vavrek

Royce Vavrek is a Canadian filmmaker, opera librettist, playwright and musical theatre writer known for the film "From Sky and Soil", which was created as part of the Corus Young Filmmakers Initiative for broadcast on the W Network through a prize administered by the [http://www.cftpa.ca/ Canadian Film and Television Production Association] . His one-act opera with composer Jeff Myers, The Hunger Art, created while in residence at American Lyric Theater, premiered in concert at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater Symphony Space in New York City, and was subsequently presented by Center City Opera Philadelphia in September, 2008. [http://www.operatheater.org/]

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  • From Sky and Soil — is a short film created as part of the Corus Young Filmmakers Initiative for broadcast on the W Network in Canada. Written and directed in 2004 by Royce Vavrek, the film has undergone two major cuts, one in 2005 by Evie Farmer for documentation… …   Wikipedia

  • Nora at the Altar-Rail — is a one act opera by Jay Anthony Gach, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek. The libretto is based on the Book of Genesis and inspired by Thomas Hardy s poem At the Altar Rail which is prominently featured in the piece. Written while Vavrek and Gach… …   Wikipedia

  • The Hunger Art — is an opera in one act by Jeff Myers, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek after Franz Kafka. [ [http://jeffmyers.info/music/music.htm Jeff Myers Music ] ] Written while in residence at American Lyric Theater, the opera was performed in concert at the… …   Wikipedia

  • Pig and Bear — is an experimental short film by Royce Vavrek, internationally screened throughout North America in 2008. Created while at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University, the film is being distributed across the United States and… …   Wikipedia

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  • Dog Days (opera) — Dog Days is an opera by David T. Little, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek after the short story by Judy Budnitz.[1] Scenes from Dog Days premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on May 9, 2009 as part of the Dawn Upshaw and Osvaldo Golijov Young… …   Wikipedia

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