by Paola Prestini
“AGING MAGICIAN is an epic new opera-theater work that tells the story of Harold, an aging clock maker who is writing a book about an aging magician who, in turn, is searching for a young boy to pass his knowledge on to. Harold takes a physical journey which follows the F train to Coney Island but simultaneously through his memories. The Brooklyn Youth Chorus helps Harold uncover his legacy. Creators Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter, New Vic 1999), Rinde Eckert, Paola Prestini, Mark Stewart and the Attacca Quartet bring together the worlds of music, theater, puppetry, instrument making and scenic design to paint this poignant allegory on time, youth and the peculiar magic of ordinary life, or perhaps, the ordinary magic of a peculiar life.” — from Brooklyn Youth Chorus page’s Artists Notes