an opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Conceived by composer Judd Greenstein,
former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith,
and visual artist and director Joshua Frankel

Press
"Thoughtful depiction of the conflict and unusually imaginative, multimedia form... Mr. Frankel’s stunning animations, moving in rhythm with the music, are an equal storytelling element." —Heidi Waleson, Wall Street Journal

"Audiences... will be dazzled by Tracy K. Smith's springloaded words zipping through the opera's sound world, redolent of Monk, Saariaho, and Glass." —Lev Bratishenko, Opera Canada


Selected press for A Marvelous Order:
The Wall Street Journal — Review of the World Premiere
The New Yorker — "Talk Of The Town"
The New York Times and WNYC — Excerpt performance at Brooklyn Public Library discussed
Magazines, print only, including Pin-Up, Architect, Azure (Canada), STAD (Sweden)
NPR — Tracy K. Smith appointed U.S. Poet Laureate
The New York Times — Feature on Joshua Frankel
Urban Omnibus — Interview with Judd and Josh
KCRW's Design and Architecture
WNYC's On The Media
Brooklyn Magazine
Fast Co. Design
The Forward
Bloomberg
Curbed

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Logo of The Wall Street Journal
Logo of The Wall Street Journal
Logo of The Wall Street Journal
Animation from AMO

Film Still from animation in A Marvelous Order