The Flower Cries Blue

A musical and narrative collage of Erik Satie, Albert Camus, Stéphane Mallarmé, Charles Ives, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Beethoven, Archimedes, Morton Feldman, John Cage, and the Bible in the form of an opera.

Doug Grimm, baritone
Mickie Wadsworth, soprano
Bri Stokes, mezzo
Ben South, tenor
Benson Graham, narrator
Muirne Mitchell, violin
Lily Chongswatdi, cello
Michelle Camargo, clarinet
Anna Cook, flute
Aleigh Papagno, piano

poetry by Izzy Stitchick

audio recorded by Dr. Robert McClure and members of the Ohio University Composition Studio
video recorded by Brian Swartz, edited by Daniel Swartz
set design (not pictured) by Fatima Taylor