Guerilla Opera presents Ellis: Chapter One, Raysel's Story at the Haverhill Art Walk, a free immersive presentation from the new chamber opera by Gabriele Vanoni and Ewa Chrusciel.
DATE
Saturday, September 11, 2021, 6:30PM
LOCATION
G.A.R. Park, 108 Main St, Haverhill, MA 01830 - Google Map
Raysel Luba is a Nazi concentration camp survivor, who journeys across the sea with her unborn child, in search of her family, only to face an unexpected and heartbreaking decision.
The cast for ELLIS: Chapter One, Raysel’s Story features Aliana de la Guardia (soprano), Brian Church (baritone), Andros Zins-Browne (dancer), Stephen Marotto (Cello) and Mike Williams (percussion).
ACCESSBILITY
This is a wandering performance that is part of an outdoor festival. The performance requires audiences to walk from one location to another. The buildings and walkways are handicap accessible, but unfortunately, we do not have wheelchairs available.
COVID-19 SAFTEY
Guerilla Opera is committed to helping stop the spread of COVID-19.
Guerilla Opera requires all performers, staff members, ushers, stagehands and vendors to be fully vaccinated and/or provide a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours of any in-person event.
Masks are required for all guests, regardless of vaccination status for indoor performances.
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CAST
Aliana de la Guardia (soprano)
Brian Church (baritone)
Andros Zins-Browne (dancer)
Stephen Marotto (Cello & Mandolin)
Mike Williams (percussion)
PRODUCTION & CREATIVE
Laine Rettmer (Stage Director/Video Artist)
Nicholas O’Leary (Associate Director/Dramaturg)
Nuozhou Wang (Associate Director/Video Effects)
Una Rafferty (Stage Manager)
THANK YOU TO OUR HAVERHILL PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
Land and Blood Acknowledgement
“As we embark on the development of this opera, I would like to acknowledge that not everyone in this country is an immigrant and not everyone who resides here made a conscious choice to be here. We acknowledge the ancestral lands and waterways of the Penacook, Abenaki and Wabanaki people, past and present, whose land we occupy. We acknowledge the truth of violence perpetrated in the name of this country. We acknowledge the truth of the enslavement of African people and the violence perpetrated to them in the name of this country.
Land carries memory. The land we each stand on, wherever we are, holds deep history. It holds success, pain, connection, partnership, life, death, love, abuse, growth, genocide, discovery, community, and violence.
By acknowledging the land and all that it holds, I invite us all to learn more deeply about the places we occupy and the people who are our neighbors. Let us reflect together on the history of the space that we occupy, and what that has meant for different people who have occupied that same space throughout its history.”
- Aliana de la Guardia, Artistic Director
ELLIS IS SUPPORTED BY:
The premiere and development of ELLIS is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Haverhill Cultural Council (a local agency funded by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency), and Michael and Sharon Mollerus, as well as our partners at Trinity Parish of Newton Centre, The Gloucester Stage, Revolutionary Spaces, the Haverhill Art Walk, and HC Media, and with special thanks to Carolyn Royce & Roscoe Giles, José Carlos Ibañez Olvera (Compañía Nacional Ópera Contemporanea), theatre KAPOW and Ovation Theatre Company.
