About this project
Gospel of Judas an opera being composed by Jeffrey Rukaman is deep in creative phase right now.
Based upon the ancient Coptic manuscripts (The Gospel of Judas) recently discovered and translated by the National Geographic and other sources (an epic adventure in itself), Gospel of Judas focuses on the man, despised for 2000 years.
Traitor, scapegoat, any number of derogative names have been assigned to this pivotal character in world history. From the manuscript we learn that the seminal betrayal was a request by Jesus of Judas to help rid him of his mortal flesh.
We need to make a demo video of the opera so that we may more effectively communicate the feel of the work; the textures of music and text and the taste of the production.
The scenes and musical choices are chosen, but with very limited funds, the time it will take to make just THIS piece would be damaging to our timeline of having the opera up and running by Spring 2012.
The premiere will be in Kansas City, but we are aiming to take the production to other cities.
With the production group we are working with, namely Quixotic performance Fusion, our production can be done on a good community opera sized budget, but be performed as a major opera.
This video is the next step. There is no moving forward without it.
There are grants available. We've applied for some, but they need work samples actually FROM the opera, a video and sound are crucial. These cost money to produce.
Each step we take, we come closer to bringing you the talent of composer Jeffrey Rukaman, on a grand scale.
Budget
500 - fee for orchestration of sampled work
700 - fee for recording orchestra samples
700 - video recording
600 - post production video and sound
Total 2500
These are absolute minimums.
With this we can pay the people who need to get paid and beg from our amazingly talented friends to help out. We could always use more to be able to offer a little more to our friends and even put more money into the production costs of this phase of the project.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 23, 2010.
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The Jeffrey Rukaman Mr. Goodcents Quick Lunch. --- (this was Jeffrey's idea! LOL) ----- Take Jeffrey and Nathan out to a quick lunch at Mr. Goodcents! So we can talk to you briefly about how cool the opera is and tell you the synopsis, giving you an in person description of the story. We will be doing this as we all stuff our faces with fresh made sandwiches and fountain drinks. We may ask if you have any questions and if you may want to be more involved with the project...you know, kind of like a time share, only much less pushy and we'll tell you about it in advance. You can always say no. It's all good. *we are neither affiliated nor backed by Mr. Goodcents at this time. I thought it'd be nice to patronize a great KC business...and the whole exchange of coin thing crossed my mind.
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for a 20 dollar sponsorship, receive a Jeffrey Rukaman CD from Gillham Park Orchtet. http://n.pr/aZNrBr
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For a 25 dollar sponsorship, receive a signed Nathan Granner (Rennarg Nahtan) Gospel of Judas block print
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for a 75 dollar sponsorship, receive a signed Nathan Granner (Rennarg Nahtan) limited edition Gospel of Judas block print and your name in the credits of the video
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for a 150 dollar sponsorship, receive a signed limited edition mixed-media Nathan Granner (Rennarg Nahtan) one of a kind print and your name in the credits of the video.
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For a 500 dollar sponsorship receive a one of a kind art-music box with recording of selections from various Rukaman works embedded and playable from within and you name in the credits of the video.
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For a 1000 dollar sponsorship have an amazing/super-fun dinner with Rukaman and Granner. Great food, great wine and some music to boot. Plus your name in the credits of the video and in the program for the first performance.
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Table for 12 at a 'The last Supper' dinner. Yep.
Pledge $1,500 or more
For a 1500 dollar sponsorship have an amazing/super-fun dinner with Rukaman and Granner. Great food, great wine and some music to boot. Plus your name in the credits of the video and in the program for the first performance. Plus two tickets to any Rukaman and Granner show including complimentary tickets to the premiere of Gospel of Judas.
Pledge $5,000 or more
For a 5000 sponsorship receive an authentic Shekel* from the period. Silver Shekel that Judas could have used to bribe the Roman guards to take Jesus away. http://www.lavieestbellegallery.com/rare/rare6.htm *This rare coin is authenticated and subject to availability.
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Sony/BMG Masterworks recording artist, Nathan Granner has received critical acclaim from The Boston Globe, The London Times, The New York Times, Opera News, Washington Post, and USA Today from his work as one of “The American Tenors” and portrayals of Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte, Nemorino in L’Elisir D’Amore and Billy Bigelow in Carousel, in addition to touring internationally and nationally, Mr. Granner has also been a force in the Kansas City Metropolitan area for almost a decade, working and collaborating throughout the community as an artist, an artistic director, a general manager and currently as co-founder and President of KCMETROPOLIS.org, Kansas City’s new online journal of the Performing Arts.
