COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

Melina: A Steampunk Musical Tragedy Melina is a steampunk musical tragedy. A story of love, loss and the fact that as much as we would like to, we can't change the past. Set in a fictional steampunk setting, Melina is Shakespeare meets Greek Tragedy sprinkled with a fun dose of Jules Verne! Help take this production to the next level by funding the demo album that will be sent to festivals and competitions and make this musical a staple of the community theatre, university theatre and high school theatre scene! SUPPORT NOW THROUGH KICKSTARTER Synopsis: In the fictional steampunk town of New Comen, Jacob is the highly esteemed heir to the "throne" who is in love with a lower-class girl named Mara. Mara, is an aspiring vocalist that has gained the favor of the town despite her status. Their love is one of fairy tales until Melina enters the scene. Melina sweetly wins Jacob's attention and he ends up falling for her and leaving Mara. Mara is heartbroken...

When I started working on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, I didn't set out to be an opera composer . Had I written vocal music before? Well, yes, in fact I wrote a large scale multimedia Creation oratorio (complete with Afro-Cuban drumming ensemble, sci-fi animation, and synthesis). And like any college composer , I wrote several songs throughout my college career and more as I developed my music career. Libertaria: The Virtual Opera Highlights Reel Yet, becoming an opera composer was just something that happened. I found that I loved the format, where musical theater and voice worked together so well. However, I have become involved with opera that incorporates technology. So you won't find my opera at the Met, you will find it on Youtube or the Internet, like the collaboration with composer Lee Scott on his web opera The Village . I even wrote a nano-opera, a short sixty second electroacoustic work about a hapless space explorer named Robotika. Currently I am wo...

Libertaria: The Virtual Opera Presented at Opera America NYC November 4th WEDNESDAY  NOVEMBER 4  –  7pm   Aviva Players & Bank Street Films present:  A Double Feature of Chamber Opera Films  Travel to the Romantic Past of 1816 in Mira J Spektor’s VILLA DIODATI   & to the Future with Sci-Fi Virtual Reality in Sabrina Pena Young’s LIBERTARIA The Aviva Players , an acclaimed chamber ensemble,   was founded in 1975 by Artistic Director Mira J. Spektor   to   research, present and perform the rich repertoire of Chamber Music and Songs by Women Composers of the 12th to 21st Centuries. The  Aviva  ensemble has been heard in concert halls, churches, temples and universities in New York City , the tri-state area and Palm Beach, FL, and has produced three half-hour TV documentaries on Women Composers—shown frequently on Cable TV. Related articles 2015 San Francisco Opera's opening gala 1st Opera Fes...

It’s been a busy summer for Libertaria: The Virtual Opera! Since the spring, singers auditioned online through Music Xray and through e-mail internet auditions, final cast decisions were made in late August, some basic preproduction work was completed, draft 1 of the screenplay completed, the studio was upgraded to handle the heavy software needed to create an animated opera , and cast members have started working on excerpts for Libertaria: The Virtual Opera . Libertaria is an exciting animated science fiction opera set in the year 2139 that combines contemporary classical composition techniques with some of the latest innovations in electronic music and sound synthesis . Libertaria: The Virtual Opera has an amazing cast dedicated to new music. Please keep checking the website for updates on the cast members for Libertaria. Each cast member will have their own exciting bio page where you can find out more about the artist, their albums, and any upcoming artist projects. Meet the Cast...