"Lastovicka's score for Crossing the Horizon is easily evocative, but not derivative, of a Hollywood movie score, featuring a cyclical string motif that both thrills and entrances." --chron.com (Houston Chronicle)
On the most literal level, CROSSING THE HORIZON is about UFO abduction. At the same time, the opera enacts a journey of archetypal significance: The characters must face the presence of a powerful and unexplainable force in order to become whole.
Clio : soprano
Zoe : mezzo-soprano
Ursula : contralto
horn
trumpet
2 violins
2 cellos
piano
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New York City Opera performed an excerpt of CROSSING THE HORIZON at their 2007
VOX: Showcasing American Composers festival. CROSSING THE HORIZON was also a finalist
in Opera Vista's 2009 international chamber opera competition (Houston).
CROSSING THE HORIZON is funded in part by the Composer Assistance Program of the American Music Center,
New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Arts Center of the Capital Region.
