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Night of the Living Opera
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Night of the Living Opera is an evening of creepy contemporary operas in English that are the perfect way to get in the mood for Spooky Season. Enter a world of witches, murderers, and artists gone mad in a nightlife venue with themed food and drinks.
Featured Repertoire:
THUMP by Portland composer Kimberly Osberg: Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic classic The Tell-Tale Heart, this psychodrama explores the psyche of a multifaceted narrator who has committed an unspeakable crime and their relationship to their victim. It is a chilling tale of loss, resentment, and guilt.
she conjures by Portland composer Lisa Neher and librettist Bea Goodwin: in this feminist tale of witches, crows, curses, revenge, and redemption, Grissall, the daughter of the last witch burned in Scotland, seeks justice with the help of her mother’s feathered familiar, Caraid. Scottish folk music infuses this mysterious and haunting story.
The Oval Portrait by Felix Jarrar: based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, where a painter slowly falls into a drug-induced madness.
Serial Killers and the City by Del’Shawn Taylor and Joanie Brittingham: in this parody of Sex and the City, a group of stylish girlfriends get together to swap stories about their latest murders over Bloody Marys and Charcuterie boards. But things get tense when FBI Agent Small unexpectedly joins them for brunch.
PREVIEW, FEATURING RENEGADE OPERA: The Raven by Jesse Preis (Wednesday, October 23 performance only): a chamber opera composed for three voices and piano from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem. In this opera, the narrator (told from their point of view at two different stages in life) deals with emotions tied to the loss of a loved one. We then witness these complicated, painful, and even terrifying emotions become personified through the character of the raven.
Cast:
Lindsey Rae Johnson, soprano
Carolyn Quick, soprano
Lisa Neher, mezzo
Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo
Brandon Michael, tenor
Deac Guidi, bass
Sequoia, piano