“Thrilling Adventures is as much a triumph as it is a bit of wacky fun.” The ArtFuse
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The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts and Michigan Technological University present The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, a new opera by composer Elena Ruehr and Pulitzer-prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek, based on the best-selling graphic novel by Sydney Padua, a Guerilla Opera Production.
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Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7:30PM - Opening Night (1)
Friday, October 13, 2023, 7:30PM - Performance 2
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 3:00PM - Performance 3
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 7:30PM - Performance 4
Saturday, October 15, 2023, 7:30PM- Closing Night (5)
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The McArdle Theater, Walker Arts and Humanities Center, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931
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Pay As You're Able Ticketing
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Guerilla Opera is not providing Box Office support for this event. For all box office/performing venue questions and assistance, please contact the Michigan Tech Central Ticket Office at (906) 487-2073 or tickets@mtu.edu.
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Based on the New York Times best-selling graphic novel by Sydney Padua, this is the concert version of the comedic new work. It centers on scientists Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, the real-life unsung inventors of the first computer, fighting crime in alternate universes with their new invention.
Ada Lovelace was a mathematician, gambler, and proto-programmer, whose writings contained the first-ever appearance of general computing theory. Lovelace was the first great genius to develop a programming language, and she is still not generally known. Charles Babbage was the eccentric inventor of the Difference Engine, an enormous clockwork calculating machine that would have been the first computer if he had ever finished it.
Performances are sung in English and are approximately 75 min in duration. The theater is ADA Accessible.
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During the run of the opera, themes of women in STEM will be explored through community events and panel discussions with MTU faculty, students, and guest artists. This all takes place as part of the yearlong celebration of 50 years of Computer Science at MTU.
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Aliana de la Guardia, soprano as Ada Lovelace
Aaron Engebreth, baritone as Charles Babbage
Erin Matthews, soprano as Queen Victoria and various roles
Omar Najimi, tenor as Minion and various roles
Lilit Hartunian, Violin
Rane Moore, Clarinet
Stephen Marotto, Cello
Mike Williams, Percussion
Anelise Tatum, Principal Dancer
Maddie Anna, Dancer
Nora Paul, Dancer
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Elena Ruehr, Composer
Royce Vavrek, Librettist
Sydney Padua, Novelist
Giselle Ty, Director
Alexa Cadete, Assistant Director
Keithlyn B Parkman, Lighting & Scenic Designer
Rebecca Shannon Butler, Costume Designer
Tláloc López-Watermann, Projections Designer
Jolie Frazer-Madge, Stage Manager
Mark A. DiGiovanni, Technical Director
Photos by Sham Sthankiya, Courtesy MIT CAST and Guerilla Opera
SUPPORT AND AWARDS
Support for this the Rozsa Presenting Series and this event provided by the following foundation, sponsors and by and donors like you. View current donors to the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts.
The development of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage has been supported in part by a grant from Cambridge Arts, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, by a grant from the Center for Arts Science and Technology at MIT, and by and by and donors like you. View current donors to Guerilla Opera.
