Opera Summary: Ariadne auf Naxos

There once was a guy, a composer
(Though he sounds like a gal if you knows her...)
He wrote something serious
And become so delirious
When a group of clowns became the closer.

But the Lord something else up his sleeve had
And thought since time was short, it would be rad
If both of the shows
(One fun, one morose)
Shared the stage, then no one would be mad!

Here's to lunch with celebrities...

There once was a tent lunch--hurrah!

We all felt so sleek and bourgeois.

Then two men sat down

Who were of renown;

It was James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma!

Here's to Max!

There once was a boy named Max

Who always ignored the facts.

He spun 'round his room

Like a tiny monsoon

But always sat still to eat snacks.

Come see me as Max in Oliver Knussen's one-act opera Where the Wild Things Are at Tanglewood Music Center on August 15!