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Andrew
MCINTOSH
and Melinda
RICE: Bonnie
and Clyde
By Christopher Rountree • February
25, 2017

SECOND TAKE | Wild Up and

the Industry
A follow up on the new opera
workshop FIRST TAKE, we
partnered with The Industry
opera company again, to
present the full length concert
premiere of Bonnie and Clyde,
by Andrew McIntosh and
Melinda Rice. In this vignette
series of memories from family

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journals Rice and McIntosh

weave a picture, not of rogue
anti-heroes, but rather people, NAV
in a family, who’ve caused
their closest relationships to
be stressed beyond belief. In a
way they had intended to
leave Bonnie and Clyde
themselves entirely out of the
piece.

At first we hear gunshots, and

then they ring over a single
chorale duet, maybe wafting
out of a church. There’s loss
and dryness in the sound. At
moments, it is brittle, and
tumbleweeds roll by. At others,
the rain pours and lines blur
one on top of another, like
water running down glass.
There’s plain clarity in
moments, and then, without
so much as a warning, a jump-
cut causes brilliant sound to
blind the audience, whiting
out the senses. Working
closely with Andrew and
Melinda like this was such an
incredible joy. They’re good
friends that we’ve made music
with for years, they’re
founding members of the
band, and experienced solo
creators in their own right.
Hearing our friends make
choices in shaping a story like
this one, and watching them
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uncover every bit of the

narrative — finding self-
similarity in disparate true NAV
stories, eventually uncovering
something that communicates
an immersive effect, a feeling
of space and locale, rather
than a simple narrative — was
incredibly beautiful.

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