Attacca Quartet & Theo Bleckmann: 'note to a friend'

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Yale faculty member David Lang, in response to Japan Society’s commission for a new chamber opera, combined and reimagined three texts by iconic Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa into a performative piece. The result was note to a friend, a stunning and haunting monodrama that addresses our eternal human fascinations with death, love, family and suicide. Performed by vocalist Theo Bleckmann with the Attacca Quartet, the work bridges musical minimalism and theatrical depth.