WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP premiered in Phnom Penh after sold-out workshop previews in Lowell, MA. It was the most publicized and transforming cultural event since the Khmer Rouge destroyed most of Cambodia’s thousand-year-old artistic and cultural traditions.
The cast and creative team featured some of the most in demand professionals in Broadway and opera.
The music features a hybrid folk-classical-rock orchestra comprised of 11 musicians playing a total of 39 instruments, two of which Stafford invented in order to perform the demanding score.
Stafford alternately served as Composer, Orchestrator, Music Director, Music Supervisor and Conductor.
The video (left) features BBC, CNN and NPR coverage of the project as well as music from the score.
