Posts in Touring
BEOWULF

A modern-day adaptation of the well-known epic poem, with music and libretto by Hannah Lash, in which Beowulf is a doctor caring for his elderly mother and suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress upon his return from a recent war.

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Premiered, TouringGuerilla Opera
CHRONOHOTONTHOLOGOS

Adapted from the play by Henry Carey and with music by Andy Vores, this parody of the high-blown style of operatic libretti attacks the amorality and depravity of the rich, privileged, and powerful, with a powerful setting “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold.

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Premiered, TouringGuerilla Opera
HER | ALIVE.UN.DEAD

A multimedia opera and surrealist drama that follows two Chinese-American women who meet in the afterlife and explores conflicts between their Western upbringing and Chinese culture. Exploring familial issues of immigration from the often overlooked multigenerational perspective of Asian women, this opera further investigates themes of identity and place.

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SALT

A monologue for soprano and electronics written and directed by Deniz Khateri and with music by Bahar Royaee, in which an elder woman expounds on her salty life of being trapped in a loveless and abusive marriage, as she cooks soup.

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Premiered, TouringGuerilla Opera