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Operas

1984

Content warning: political indoctrination, interrogation

Winston Smith is interrogated by a member of The Party about some of his journal entries. In this scene, Smith struggles to differentiate his reality from the reality of The Party.

Composer: Chris Thornborrow

Librettist: Nicolas Billon

1984: Piece of Paper

Winston Smith helps Julia after she trips. This seemingly mundane interaction upends Smith’s world when he reads the note Julia slips into his hand. The words carry so much promise- and so much danger, in the context of an authoritarian government.

Composer: Chris Thornborrow

Librettist: Nicolas Billon

Still the Night

Content warning: antisemitism, genocide, Holocaust, infanticide, murder, Nazis, sexual violence, sex work, violence, war

Still the Night tells the fictional story of two Jewish Polish cousins, both named Bryna, who have escaped fr...

Composer: John Alcorn

Librettist: Theresa Tova

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Excerpts

1984 – 1984

Winston Smith is interrogated by a member of The Party about some of his journal entries. In this scene, Smith struggles to differentiate his reality from the reality of The Party.

1984: Piece of Paper – 1984: Piece of Paper

Winston Smith helps Julia after she trips. This seemingly mundane interaction upends Smith’s world when he reads the note Julia slips into his hand.