I was in Germany while
rehearsals took place in New York. The year was 1992. The
theatre group, Matinee Idyl, heard of me through my work on Legs Like These and hired me to
write music for Shakespeare's songs in The Tempest. I provided them with
tapes and sheet music for the poems.
My sister, Monica Dizozza, and I recorded an adhoc soundtrack to the score. Have a listen!
"Come unto these yellow sands/Full fathoms five thy father lies"
"While you here do snoring lie."
"I shall no more to sea, to sea/So to sea."
"Where the bee sucks, there suck I."
Matinee Idyl produced the play for touring of parks in New York City.
The following photos are from their performance in Karl Schurz's park. (It's amazing how much better than the photos from which I scanned them that they look!)
