This series of Spotlight video stories and exclusive interview clips invites you behind-the-scenes and on the stage, as a work in progress aims to become a full scale opera.
How could an Adirondack opera move a nation? Creators of “Promised Land: an Adirondack Folk Opera” say the story has relevance across the United States and perhaps even in other countries. While the work is still in progress, composer Glenn McClure makes sure to give key roles to singers from...
The rural community of the North Country plays a major role in the third of our “Spotlight” series of stories detailing the formation of “Promised Land: an Adirondack Folk Opera.” Community leaders, historians, grandparents, teachers and high school students have all contributed to the development of an opera that relates the story of an 1840s settlement in North Elba, New York, named Timbuctoo...
Strong personalities take center stage in the second of our “Spotlight” series of stories detailing the formation of “Promised Land: an Adirondack Folk Opera.” Many performers on stage will portray historical people, as they relate the story of an 1840s settlement in North Elba, New York, named Timbuctoo...
An Adirondack opera in the works!Enjoy the first in our “Spotlight” series of stories detailing the formation of “Promised Land: an Adirondack Folk Opera.” The opera treats themes including civil rights, voters’ rights, and racial issues in the era before the Civil War in America...
This song is featured in "Promised Land: an Adirondack Folk Opera," composed by Glenn McClure, under the artistic direction of Helen Demong. It is performed here by Kimberly Weems and Kearstin Piper Brown. Pianist: Elizabeth Cordes. Videographers: Michael Hansen and Paul Larson. Video edited by Tyler Warner.
Performer Kearstin Piper Brown discusses why she was attracted to the story of "Promised Land" and how she relates to the character of Anna Epps.
History and Peace & Conflicts Studies major Diana Flores of Colgate University conducted this interview as part of a Mountain Lake PBS video project documenting the creation of "Promised Land: An Adirondack Folk Opera."