The Carbon Copy Building is an opera composed by committee; Bang on a Can members Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe combined their efforts on the music, whereas the text, and the lavishly illustrated hardcover booklet, is the work of graphic novelist Ben Katchor. Katchor's "picture stories" have graced the pages of Metropolis Magazine and whose radio serial, Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer, stars actor Jerry Stiller; his newspaper-style visual art and compelling stories are steeped in the lore of New York ...
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The Carbon Copy Building is an opera composed by committee; Bang on a Can members Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe combined their efforts on the music, whereas the text, and the lavishly illustrated hardcover booklet, is the work of graphic novelist Ben Katchor. Katchor's "picture stories" have graced the pages of Metropolis Magazine and whose radio serial, Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer, stars actor Jerry Stiller; his newspaper-style visual art and compelling stories are steeped in the lore of New York City architecture and of Jewish Culture in Manhattan. By 2007, when this was released, The Carbon Copy Building is old news for Katchor, who since has gone on to stage several more operas, usually in collaboration with ex-Miracle Legion frontman Mark Mulcahy. But at the time of its first production in 1999, The Carbon Copy Building elicited a lot of attention and collected an Obie Award for Best Production; Cantaloupe Music is to be commended for remaining dedicated to this project...
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