Perfect Lives is an opera of seven half-hour episodes written by Robert Ashley, commissioned in 1978 by The Kitchen for television. Ashley initially staged live performances of Perfect Lives across Europe and America in collaboration with keyboardist ‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny, with one chamber version at The Kitchen in early 1978. The performances later grew to include vocalists Jill Kroesen and David Tan Tiegham, with orchestral tapes produced by Peter Gordon. In 1982, Channel Four Television in Great Britain obtained a pre-sale, paving the way for a visualized version of the operatic score. The television opera premiered in 1984 on Channel Four and has since been broadcast across Europe and the United States.” The Kitchen screened Perfect Lives upon its completion in fall 1983.

 

15 1/4 x 20 in.

Photo by Mimi Johnson.

 

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