From March through May, Guerilla Opera will present the Official Selections from their inaugural online Call-for-Videos. Artists from all over the world submitted video performances to be featured in The Guerilla Underground. Guerilla Opera called for cutting-edge work that investigates and explores themes that are “operatic” and that features musical compositions from 1975 or later and artists and/or creators that identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, or other underrepresented groups.

The submissions were adjudicated by Aliana de la Guardia (Artistic Director, Guerilla Opera), Emily Koh (composer), Lilit Harunian (violinist and ensemble member, Guerilla Opera), Geovonday Jones (director), Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei (دانیال رضا سبزقبایی) (composer), Mike Williams (percussionist, co-founder and ensemble member, Guerilla Opera), and Kristen Hoskins (producer).

Guerilla Opera is proud to announce now, the winners who will be included as Official Selections in our upcoming Guerilla Underground virtual series:

WINNERS - OFFICIAL SELECTION

The Colony
Anna Lindemann

The Cello’s Dialogue
UN-آن THEATRE ENSEMBLE

Populus tremuloides: "Quaking Aspen"
Jason Eckardt
featuring soprano Stephanie Lamprea

Interim
Sarah Grace Graves

she wears bells
Jo Reyes-Boitel

Guerilla Opera also acknowledges the following submissions as HONORARY MENTION. The Honorary Mention will play as a highlight reel before the first Guest Artist Feature.

Burning Symphony
Piyawat Louilarpprasert and the Face Shield

Untitled Aunt Jemima Opera
Jason Barabba (composer) and June Carryl (librettist)

I take the long way there: A Capstone Project
Noelle McMurtry and collaborators

The Women Have Something to Say
Nicole Kenley-Miller

Learn more about the guerilla Underground