Immersive Opera, Glory Gone, to Premiere at Maxwell Museum
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Albuquerque, NM, August 22, 2023 --( PR.com )-- Mexican-American composer Nathan Felix will present his new immersive opera titled Glory Gone at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (2000 Mountain Rd NW) at UNM on Thursday September 14 at 7:00pm. Restoring Voices is a three hour event that will feature local and UNM student ensembles who will perform original jazz, classical, experimental and avant-garde. The event which was co-curated by Felix and Julián Antonio Carrillo, Maxwell’s Curator of Education & Public Programs is free and open to the public.Glory Gone explores the theme of restoring voices and the search for one’s purpose and identity in the face of racial discrimination. The narrative follows Gloria, a prolific Hispanic singer who rose from poverty and into the national limelight by crossing over into the American mainstream. His music has premiered in Bulgaria, Portugal, Spain, Japan, China, Sweden, Denmark, Mongolia and the United States and his music has been featured on the BBC, MTV, NPR & PBS.His first large work for orchestra was featured by the BBC and later made into a documentary titled, The Curse & The Symphony.