Rinde Eckert

Rinde Eckert is an award-winning writer, composer, librettist, musician, playwright, vocalist, director, and educator. Possessed of a crystalline tenor and resonant falsetto, his intense vocal style indicates classical and rock training, while his libretti are complex, often paradoxical reflections of the pressure and instability of contemporary life. His work, while accessible, makes flexible otherwise fixed definitions of plays, dance pieces, operas, and musicals. After serving as librettist with the Paul Dresher Ensemble during the late '80s, Eckert released three acclaimed...