Features

NY1: https://vimeo.com/165894614

So Much To Talk About: https://vimeo.com/173931253

Lexington Herald-Leader

This Game Phillip performance https://vimeo.com/252900639/16f39850ea
Grethe & Phillip Interviews https://vimeo.com/252900604/c30bb820bd

University of Kentucky - November 7, 2017

http://uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture/tipoff-countdown-basketball-opera-world-premiere-kentucky-has-begun

Kentucky.com - October 18, 2017

http://www.kentucky.com/sports/high-school/prep-basketball/article179306546.html

OPERA America - October 3, 2016

https://issuu.com/opera_america/docs/oa_mag_fall_2016_preview/5?e=1260854/39177275 

Berkshire Fine Arts – June 26, 2016

http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/06-26-2016_bounce-the-basketball-opera.htm

“a people’s opera in a people’s park.”
“Live Basketball, Live Singers, Infectious Drama”

BK Reader – June 22, 2016

http://www.bkreader.com/2016/06/basketball-opera-puts-unique-spotlight-realities-gun-violence/

“Puts Unique Spotlight on Realities of Gun Violence”

Broadway World – June 25, 2016

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Ardea-Arts-to-Showcase-BOUNCE-THE-BASKETBALL-OPERA-at-Paerdegat-Park-20160624

“grounded in pressing issues facing today's youth.”
“diverse casting with a fresh approach to arts engagement”

Broadway World – June 14, 2016

http://www.broadwayworld.com/brooklyn/article/Ardea-Arts-to-Host-Showcase-Performances-of-BOUNCE-THE-BASKETBALL-OPERA-at-Paerdegat-Park-625-27-20160614

Broadway World – May 4, 2016

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Ardea-Arts-to-Showcase-BOUNCE-THE-BASKETBALL-OPERA-at-Paerdegat-Park-20160504

Brooklyn Family – June 2016 – Feature with photo

http://www.nyparenting.com/stories/2016/6/bf-cal-bounce-2016-06.html

The Brooklyn Paper – June 24, 2016

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/26/24-editors-picks-2016-06-24-bp.html

“Basketball and opera, together at last!”

The Brooklyn Paper – June 22, 2016

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/26/24-basketball-opera-2016-06-24-bk.html

“This show is a courtside drama.”
“A sporty new opera”

Don411

http://don411.com/ardea-arts-presents-showcase-performances-of-bounce-the-basketball-opera-at-paerdegat-park-in-east-flatbush-brooklyn-june-25-27-2016/#.VyDViqODGko

The Epoch Times – June 23, 2016

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2098665-thing-to-do-around-nyc-june-24-30/

Gramilano – May 1, 2016

http://www.gramilano.com/2016/05/new-york-opera-fest/

I-D Magazine – June 28, 2016

http://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/bounce-a-basketball-opera-tackling-americas-gun-problem

“a theatrical marriage of basketball and opera” “a mix of athletics, theater, and music on an interactive stage”
“spreading awareness of the debilitating effects of gun violence”

Listings

Kings County Politics – June 24, 2016

http://www.kingscountypolitics.com/friday-odds-ends-june-24-2016/

My New York Eye – May 6, 2016

http://www.mynewyorkeye.com/theater-news/ardea-arts-presents-showcase-performances-of-bounce-the-basketball-opera

National Endowment for the Arts – June 27, 2016

https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2016/spotlight-bounce-basketball-opera

 “will appeal to both veteran opera lovers and newer, younger audiences”

The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/classical-music/bounce-the-basketball-opera

“A community-driven project”
“melds the gutsy, hard-hitting sounds of modern hip-hop and R. & B. with classical vocal technique.”

NY1 – May 2, 2016

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2016/04/30/new-york-opera-fest-takes-the-art-form-outside-the-opera-house.html

“Melds modern hip-hop and R. & B. with classical vocal technique”

Time Out New York – May 4, 2016

http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/theater/bounce-the-basketball-opera

WNET – June 23, 2016 – NYC-ARTS

http://www.nyc-arts.org/showclips/140340/nyc-arts-full-episode-june-23-2016

WQXR Operavore

http://www.wqxr.org/story/what-we-learned-first-new-york-opera-fest/

The New York Times – June 24, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/arts/spare-times-for-children-listings-for-june-24-30.html

“athletics will meet arias”

Yelp Listing

https://www.yelp.com/events/brooklyn-bounce-the-basketball-opera

Quotes

Blog http://saysmesaysmom.blogspot.com/2016/06/sunday-scoop-week-of-61916-whats.html

“We’re talking about Greek Mythology, Shakespeare, and great music.” “Incorporation of hip hop and the classics” Len Elmore (Sportscaster/Former NBA Player)

The New York Times

“Busting the boundaries of opera”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/t-magazine/entertainment/dev-hynes-rachel-chavkin-studio-swine.html

“Balls float, players dunk, music soars, and the myth of Icarus’s fall into the sea is retold in a fresh new way in Bounce: The Basketball Opera.” (William McCann, KY Forward)     

http://www.kyforward.com/put-bounce-opera-opera-bounce-bounce-basketball-opera/

“...the energy in the room was electric. What was ultimately delivered was what had made opera and musical theater endure for centuries: a good story that connected with the audience and terrific, and memorable music.”  (Rich Copley, Lexington Herald-Leader)

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/copious-notes/article184094251.html

What is “Baby Driver” star Ansel Elgort doing with UK’s basketball opera?
www.kentucky.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/copious.../article183858886.html

TV Interview with BOUNCE lead singer Phillip Gay, and its director, Grethe Barrett Holby
https://vimeo.com/252900604/c30bb820bd

“All my favorite things in the same space—except pizza.” (Alan Walker Chiles, High School student in the audience)