Guerilla Opera Presents The Guerilla Underground 2025

Thursday, February 6, 2025 7:30 PM 19:30
Sunday, February 9, 2025 5:00 PM 17:00

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Live Stream Event

February 6-9, 2025

Available on demand through March 31, 2025 with all ticket and Festival Pass options.

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THE GUERILLA UNDERGROUND 2025 SEASON

A VIRTUAL SPEAKEASY EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL

Broadcasts of groundbreaking live productions, new works, and invigorating new music interpreted through cinematic mediums, with guest artists and more! Available on demand through March 31, 2025 with all ticket and Festival Pass options.

DICKINSON by Roger Reynolds

February 6, 2025, 7:30 PM EST

Her|alive.un.dead by Emily Koh

February 7, 2025, 7:30 PM EST

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Elena Ruehr and Royce Vaverek, and based on the graphic novel by Sydney Padua

February 8, 2025, 7:30 PM EST

Meet the Team Behind Guerilla Opera’s The Windows (Live Event)

February 9, 2025, 3:00 PM EST

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ABOUT THE OPERAS

DICKINSON delves into the enigmatic world of Emily Dickinson, exploring her vivid imagination, profound insights, and the emotional extremes of her self-isolation and despair.

DICKINSON delves into the enigmatic world of Emily Dickinson, exploring her vivid imagination, profound insights, and the emotional extremes of her self-isolation and despair. With music composed by Pulitzer Prize-winning Roger Reynolds, the work is part song cycle, part dramatic recitation, and a virtuosic showcase for baritone Jonathan Nussman.
Directed by Kyle Johnson and filmed during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, the film captures the uncertainty and isolation of its time, mirroring Dickinson’s own sequestered life and poetic genius. Blending music, poetry, and performance art, DICKINSON offers a contemporary perspective on the legacy of one of America's most iconic poets, reflecting on themes of solitude, resilience, and creativity in the face of adversity.
Kyle Johnson — Director
Roger Reynolds — Composer
Jonathan Nussman — Baritone
Tiange Zhou — Cinematography
Jacob Sundstrom — Sound

HER | alive.un.dead explores familial issues of immigration from the often overlooked multigenerational perspective of Asian women, this opera investigates themes of identity and place.

Emily Koh – composer & librettist
Mo Zhou – Stage Director and Dramaturg
Nuozhou Wang – Video and Projections Designer
Sol Kim Bentley – soprano
Nina Guo – soprano
Jeannette Lee – mezzo soprano
Jiayin Shi – baritone

In The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage use their invention to fight crime, showcasing Lovelace's computing legacy.

Mike Williams – percussion
Aliana de la Guardia – soprano as Barbara
Magdalyn Chauby – soprano as Young Barbara
Libretto by Susan Bywaters
Composed by Elizabeth Gartman

The Windows is a dark and haunting interpretation of the events leading up to the 1939 disappearance of the writer and former childhood prodigy, Barbara Newhall Follett.