Stephan Alexander Parker

Though not nominated, the studio recording of A Roadkill Opera got the creative team invited to the GRAMMYs, which they attended in February 2015. Which led to the January 2016 world premiere, fully staged performances (with sold-out houses) at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint in Washington DC. Which led to performances by the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia (SONOVA) at the James Lee Community Theater in Falls Church, Virginia, in October 2016.This comic opera with music in the style of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is recommended for fans of PDQ Bach, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Tom Lehrer, and The Rutles-but only if you like classical music with infectious hooks.Cool merchandise including album art, sheet music, and CDs of the studio recording that got them to the GRAMMYs are available-the perfect holiday gifts for the person who has (almost) everything A Roadkill Opera is a mashup of classical music and a classic backstage screwball comedy. During the hour before the lights go up on opening night for a comedy improv troupe in 1988 Jackson Hole, Wyoming--the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company--they find out their showroom at the Silver Dollar Bar is being torn down. Hilarity ensues. This original story and English libretto by Parker is set to music by Ferdinando Paer, Beethoven's direct competition. Free, hilarious videos--including lyric videos and karaoke videos--are at roadkillopera.com.

Music from 1804. Action set in 1988. A new opera (in English). A Roadkill Opera tells the story of the hour before the lights go up on opening night for a comedy improv troupe in Jackson Hole, Wyoming-the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company. Based (loosely) on a true story from a fast-developing tourist town, this original English libretto by Parker is set to music by Ferdinando Paer (Napoleon's maitre de chapelle). A Roadkill Opera, a new 59-minute opera by Stephan Alexander Parker was workshopped by Jeffrey Dokken at Artomatic 2012 in Crystal City, Virginia; premiered at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint in Washington DC in January 2016; and performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia (SONOVA) at the James Lee Community Theater in Falls Church, Virginia, in October 2016. You can now do it yourself using the libretto from the 2016 shows, the sheet music used for all shows to date, and the backing tracks from the studio recording. This book holds the conductor's score and parts for the Overture, which runs about 9 minutes. It also includes photos from the January 2016 shows.

Music from 1804. Action set in 1988. A new opera (in English) A Roadkill Opera tells the story of the hour before the lights go up on opening night for a comedy improv troupe in Jackson Hole, Wyoming-the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company. Based (loosely) on a true story from a fast-developing tourist town, this original English libretto by Parker is set to music by Ferdinando Paer (Napoleon's ma tre de chapelle). If you read music and want to follow along with the show live or recorded; or, if you want to get a present for the music lover who has everything, you can be sure they do not have this: every note for the orchestra and singers. This is the full orchestral score, large enough to read while conducting. Parts sold separately. Please note that rights to perform A Roadkill Opera in public must also be secured separately.

Music from 1804. Action set in 1988. A new opera (in English) A Roadkill Opera tells the story of the hour before the lights go up on opening night for a comedy improv troupe in Jackson Hole, Wyoming-the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company. Based (loosely) on a true story from a fast-developing tourist town, this original English libretto by Parker is set to music by Ferdinando Paer (Napoleon's ma tre de chapelle). If you read music and want to follow along with the show live or recorded; if you want to play the show for your own amusement; if you want to get a present for the music lover who has everything, you can be sure they do not have this: every note for the timpani and string instruments.

Music from 1804. Action set in 1988. A new opera (in English) A Roadkill Opera tells the story of the hour before the lights go up on opening night for a comedy improv troupe in Jackson Hole, Wyoming-the Roadkill On A Stick Frozen Foods Theatre Company. Based (loosely) on a true story from a fast-developing tourist town, the original English libretto by Parker is set to music by Ferdinando Paer (Napoleon's ma tre de chapelle). If you read music and want to follow along with the show live or recorded; if you want to play the show for your own amusement; if you want to get a present for the music lover who has everything, you can be sure they do not have this: every note for the wind instruments is included.

Parker opens with his 25-year quest to identify music he recorded off a classical radio station in Chicago. He closes with the true-ish story of whitewater rafting guides from rival firms on the Snake River teaming up during the Yellowstone fires of 1988 to create an original, improvisational comedy sketch show, in the underground opera sensation Opening Night: A Roadkill Opera. In between are one-act plays with art entrepreneurs, kitchen characters, and boat saboteurs.Stephan Alexander Parker guided whitewater raft trips, drove buses, and worked at the Jackson Hole Cinema during his years in Wyoming. He is working on his show business memoir, I Rode With Ben Johnson.