Works

Operas

VolponeA Comic Opera in Two Acts "Unfaithfully Fashioned from the Play by Ben Jonson"Composer: John MustoWolf Trap OperaPeermusic
Later the Same EveningAn Opera Inspired by Five Paintings of Edward HopperComposer: John MustoUniversity of Maryland School of MusicPeermusic
BastianelloA Comic Opera in One ActComposer: John MustoNew York Festival of Song/Carnegie HallPeermusic
LucreziaA Comic Opera After Machiavelli's La MandragolaComposer: William BolcomNew York Festival of Song/Carnegie HallEdward B. Marks Music
A Letter to East 11th StreetAn Opera in Two PartsComposer: Martin HennessyThe American Opera Project/CUNY Crane School of Music
The Tell-Tale HeartAn Operatic Monologue Based on the Short Story by Edgar Allan PoeComposer: Lance HorneZipper Theatre
The Girl I Left BehindAn Operatic Monologue Based on the Short Story by Dame Muriel SparkComposer: Lance HorneZipper Theatre
A Hunger ArtistAn Operatic Monologue Based on Kafka's The Hunger ArtistComposer: Lance HorneZipper Theatre
Rappahannock CountyA Theatrical Song Cycle about the Civil WarComposer: Ricky Ian GordonVirginia Opera/Richmond University/University of Texas Performing Arts CenterTheodore Presser Company
The InspectorA Comic Opera in Two Acts after Gogol's The Government InspectorComposer: John MustoWolf Trap OperaPeermusic
Silent NightAn Opera in Two Acts Adapted from the Film Joyeux Noël (screenplay by Christian Carrion)Composer: Kevin PutsMinnesota OperaUniversal Music Publishing Classics & Screen / G. Ricordi & Co.jude.vaclavik@umusic.com
The Manchurian CandidateAn Opera in Two Acts Adapted from the novel by Richard CondonComposer: Kevin PutsMinnesota OperaUniversal Music Publishing Classics & Screen / G. Ricordi & Co.jude.vaclavik@umusic.com
A Song for Susan SmithComposer: Zach RedlerUniversity of Colorado New Opera Workshop
A Dog's HeartA Short Comic Opera based on Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog"Composer: Lembit BeecherOpera Philadelphia
The ShiningAn Opera in Two Acts Based on the Novel by Stephen KingComposer: Paul MoravecMinnesota OperaSubito Music
Approaching AliAn Family Opera based on Davis Miller's The Tao of Muhammad AliComposer: D.J. SparrCo-librettist: Davis MillerWashington National OperaBill Holab Music
As OneAn Opera for Two Voices and String QuartetComposer: Laura KaminskyCo-librettist: Kimberly ReedThe American Opera Project/Brooklyn Academy of MusicBill Holab Music
A Flourish of GreenA Mini-Opera Based on a Story in Bocaccio's DecameronComposer: Missy MazzoliOpera PhiladelphiaG. Schirmer
The Other RoomComposer: Marisa MichelsonInner Voices
Memory BoyA Children's Opera Based on the Novel by Will WeaverComposer: Reinaldo MoyaMinnesota Opera
Empty the HouseAn Opera in One ActComposer: Rene OrthCurtis School of Music/Opera Philadelphia
The Whole TruthA Comic Opera Based on the Short Story by Stephen McCauleyComposer: Robert PatersonAmerican Modern EnsembleBill Holab Music
The Good FriarA Comic Opera in One ActComposer: Martin Hennessy
Elizabeth CreeAn Opera Adapted from Peter Ackroyd's The Trial of Elizabeth CreeComposer: Kevin PutsOpera Philadelphia/Chicago Opera TheatreUniversal Music Publishing Classics & Screen / G. Ricordi & Co.jude.vaclavik@umusic.com
Some Light EmergesA Chamber Opera in One ActComposer: Laura KaminskyCo-librettist: Kimberly ReedBill Holab Music
Dinner At EightAn Opera in Two Acts Based on the Play by Edna Ferber and George S. KaufmanComposer: William BolcomMinnesota OperaEdward B. Marks Music
The (R)evolution of Steve JobsAn OperaComposer: Mason BatesSanta Fe Opera/Seattle Opera/Indiana University David Jacobs School of Music/San Francisco Opera
The Nefarious, Immoral But Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke & Mr. HareComposer: Julian GrantBoston Lyric Opera/Music-Theatre Group
The Summer KingAn Opera in Two ActsComposer: Dan SonenbergCo-librettist: Daniel NestorPittsburgh Opera
Today It RainsAn Chamber Opera in One ActComposer: Laura KaminskyCo-librettist: Kimberly ReedOpera ParallèleBill Holab Music
StonewallAn OperaComposer: Iain BellNew York City OperaG. Schirmer
Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the WorldA Children's Opera Based on the Book by Laurence AnholtComposer: Joe IllickFt. Worth OperaContact: Bhogenson@aol.com
Edward TulaneAn Opera in Two Acts Based on The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloComposer: Paola PrestiniMinnesota Opera
A Sweet Silence in CremonaComposer: Roberto Scarcella PerinoNew York University/Florence Villa la Pietra, Teatro Comunale Ponchielli
The Secret RiverA Family Opera Based on the Novel by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsComposer: Stella SungOpera Orlando
SupermaxComposer: Stewart WallaceCo-librettist: Michael Korie
again and again and againAn Opera After Corneille's The Comic IllusionComposer: Conrad Cummings
Stone SoupA Children's OperaComposer: Joe IllickFt. Worth OperaContact: Bhogenson@aol.com
A Thousand AcresAn opera in two acts based on the novel by Jane SmileyComposer: Kristin KusterDes Moines Metro Opera
Bernadette's Cozy Book NookA Zoom operaComposer: Joe IllickFt. Worth Opera
A Year to the DayA dramatic song cycle for tenor, violin, cello and pianoComposer: Lembit BeecherThe Violin Channel
Unruly SunA music-theatre work for solo tenor, piano and string quintet inspired by Derek Jarman's Modern NatureComposer: Matthew RickettsOrchestre classique de Montréal

Oratorios

Sanctuary RoadComposer: Paul MoravecThe Oratorio Society of New YorkSubito Music
A Nation of OthersComposer: Paul MoravecThe Oratorio Society of New YorkSubito Music

Musicals

Les GirlsComposer: Cole PorterMusic direction: David Charles AbellThéâtre du Châtelet
Chang & EngComposer: Stephen HoffmanBook: Burton CohenSOBT Theatre
SplendoraBased on the Book by Edward SwiftComposer: Stephen HoffmanBook: Peter WebbBay Street Theatre
The Sweet Revenge of Louisa MayComposer: Stephen HoffmanBook: Burton CohenOlney Theatre
Songs from an Unmade BedA Theatrical Song CycleComposer: 18 ComposersNew York Theatre Workshop
And the Curtain RisesComposer: Joseph ThalkenBook: Michael SladeSignature Theatre
The Tenants of 3RComposer: Stephen Hoffman
The AudienceComposer: Many ComposersThe Transport Group
IrenaComposer: Wlodek PawlikBook: Mary Skinner and Piotr PiwowarczykTeatr Muzyczny w Poznaniu

Song cycles

ThoroughfareComposer: Conrad Cummings
Eight Phases of LunaComposer: Kamala Sankaram
Dear MayorComposer: Mark Baechle
And Another Song Comes OnComposer: Ben Moore
Six Christmas TraditionsComposer: Jake Heggie
Some Favored NookComposer: Eric Nathan
The Nothing LampComposer: Joseph N. Rubenstein