Librettist

"From that first moment I met you, I loved you
as a young boy loves the constellations."

​-Johannes Brahms, Ghost Variations

I specialize in opera, art song, and oratorio.
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Upcoming & Recent Projects
The Times are Nightfall with Ross Crean (micro opera)
World Premiere July 1, 2018 (NYC), Repeat Performances in Chicago (Summer 2018) & Opera Fort Collins (2019)

Eva & The Angel of Death (on Eva Mozes Kor's Surviving the Angel of Death) with Thomas B. Yee (opera)
World Premiere Spring 2020 (Austin, TX)

"Winter Solace" with Dana Kaufman (SATB choral work)
World Premiere December 2018

Everybody's Got a Hernia with Teresa Luna (micro opera)
​World Premiere December 2018

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In Progress
​Ghost Variations with Tony Manfredonia (opera) - Act I Workshop August 19, 2018
The Distances Between Us with Jessica Rudman (song cycle)
Joan with Lisa Neher (song cycle)
Silver and Stars​ with Brin Solomon (micro opera)
Breakfast and the Butterfly Effect with Jay Batzner (micro opera)
Carmen, Rebel Grrrl with J.L. Marlor (opera)

Media from World Premiere of The Times are Nightfall

July 1, 2018
The National Opera Center
​Marc A. Scorca Hall

Anna: Chloë Schaaf
Elvira: Emily Kate Naydeck
​Piano: Peiharn Chen

Direction: Aumna Iqbal & Aiden K. Feltkamp
​Costumes: Aiden K. Feltkamp
Photos: Aiden K. Feltkamp

Anna's Scene 1 Aria: "I'm dying from the inside out"

Elvira's Scene 2 Aria: "I know the shape of loneliness"

Elvira's Scene 3 Aria: "I remind myself that grief is passion"
Duet: "Love grows like a bloom from volcanic soil"