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Off-Brand Opera's Don Giovanni brings the classic opera into the modern era with its 1920s setting and new English translation by Brendan Hartnett.
Anna Larranaga
Assistant Director
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Victoria Erickson
Zerlina
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A one-act composed to pair with Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, the opera & Aeterna tells a new story of the pair’s daughter as she embarks on a quest to find–and kill–the father who abandoned her at birth. & Aeterna combines performance practices of contemporary opera, Early Music, and musical theater to recontextualize Virgil’s Aeneid via the women Aeneas left in his wake.
This concert reading will include excerpts from Dido & Aeneas and the complete score of & Aeterna.
SYNOPSIS
After her mother’s death and father’s abandonment, 16-year-old Aeterna has been raised as Carthage’s new queen by the city’s Goddess protector, Juno. When news finally comes of Aeneas founding Rome, the city destined to one day destroy Carthage, everyone is in uproar. Aeterna, guided by Juno, sets out to avenge her mother and save her home. But Aeterna has spent a lifetime yearning to connect with the parents she has never known, trying to understand her own place in a world of gods and destiny. As Aeterna nears Aeneas on her long, dangerous journey, she must choose: either forgive her father, or kill him. This work grapples with themes of parenthood, legacy, and the costs of becoming “Great.”
Jordan Bowman
Belinda
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Nietzsche unveils the cast of characters who shaped the life and legacy of the controversial philosopher—Friedrich (“Fritz”) Nietzsche. His mother wanted him to be a pastor. His musical mentor wanted him to defend anti-Semitism. His sister wanted power. His love interest wanted freedom. And Fritz wanted to love life—all of it. But how? What do you do when you adore people whose values you abhor? The musical unfolds as a series of flashbacks leading to an explosive conclusion: Fritz goes insane; his sister, Elisabeth, allies with the Nazis; and his love, Lou Salomé, vows to honor their bond and write a book that will set the record straight.
Emily Vidler
Malwida von Meysenbug / Lou (cover)