“Der Atlas,” by Franz Schubert, English lyrics by Kelley Rourke.
Lara Bolton, piano.
Morgen, by Richard Strauss, English Lyrics by Kelley Rourke.
Lara Bolton, piano.
Guns N’ Rosenkavalier highlight reel, live from Rockwood Music Hall in NYC. David Moody, piano. Genghis Barbie, horn quartet.
DETAILS
Guns N’ Rosenkavalier is a mashup of an art song recital and a rock concert. A riot of rule-breaking genre-bending fun, the arrangements range from Metallica to Schubert, Springsteen to Strauss, and Madonna to Brahms.
FEATURE from Minnesota Public Radio
BAND
Andrew Wilkowske, guitar & vocals
Lara Bolton, keyboards & vocals
-special guest artists have included Genghis Barbie horn quartet, KrisAnne Weiss, mezzo-soprano and Siri Vik, soprano
DURATION
60-120 minutes (flexible set length)
CREATIVE TEAM:
Arrangements: Andrew Wkowske, John Glover, Lara Bolton
English Lyrics: Kelley Rourke
FOR BOOKING CONTACT:
Andrew Wilkowske
COMMISSION/PREMIERE
Milwaukee Opera Theater, February 2013
OTHER PERFORMANCES
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY August 2013
Mill City Summer Opera, Minneapolis, MN July 2014
5 Boroughs Music Festival,
Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY March 2015
Honey Minneapolis, MN November 2019
Minnesota Opera (streaming) November 2020
Madison Opera (streaming) February 2021
Eugene Opera September 2021
Sheldon Theater, Red Wing, MN September 2021
PRESS FROM THE PREMIERE
“Here, songs by Van Halen, Queen, Springsteen and Madonna seemed happy beside Brahms, Faure and Schumann.”
-Shepherd Express, March 26, 2013
“Milwaukee Opera Theater’s Guns N’ Rosenkavalier was a smashing success, with multiple fusions of art song and rock song…The very first song offered the perfect example: Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” performed solo by Wilkowske and his explosively vibrant voice.”
-Third Coast Digest, March 23, 2013
“…it takes serious musical chops to fill an evening with tongue-in-cheek deliveries of the sort Wilkowske offered. He and Genghis Barbie clearly had not only the chops to pull it all off, but the theatrical sense to work the room and keep it all funny - very funny.”
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 24, 2013