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A ‘Hitchcock-style thriller’ for baritone and soprano, Nigredo Hotel is “the story of a neurosurgeon, a man of science, who has lost his soul. One night he thinks he has hit a child on the road and hides out in a decrepit, Hitchcockian motel run by a monstrous concierge called Sophie. The terrifying crone — his anima — locks him into his room an...
Composer: Nic Gotham
Librettist: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Proving Up, based on a story by Karen Russell, is an opera about the American Dream, told through the story of Nebrasken homesteaders in the 1870s. A family dreams of "proving up" and obtaining the deed to the land they've settled. They obsessively list the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perha...
Composer: Missy Mazzoli
Librettist: Royce Vavrek
Content warning: ableism including ableist slurs, abuse (familial/sibling) alcoholism, cannibalism, disordered eating, drug use (marijuana), fatphobia, gun violence, sexual harassment of a minor, starvation, strong language
Based on a short story by Judy Budnitz, Dog Days tells a post-apocalyptic tale of a typical American family. The country...
Based on a short story by Judy Budnitz, Dog Days tells a post-apocalyptic tale of a typical American family. The country...
Composer: David T. Little
Librettist: Royce Vavrek
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Excerpts
Ray, a jaded neurosurgeon, muses on the loss of his childhood wonder and innocence.
Alone in his hotel room, Ray worries that he hit someone with his car on the road. After fearing it might have been a child, he convinces himself it was only a raccoon.
As Sophie runs a bath in the distance, Ray reflects on how uncomfortable bathing makes him feel.
Ray sings of the ambivalence his parents felt towards him as a child.
Ray frantically tries to calm himself by reciting scientific jargon, while a being claiming to be his own child self tries to open the door.
Sophie, the manifestation of Ray's soul sings an extended aria explaining how she has been locked away from Ray since he was a child.
Sophie, the manifestation of Ray's soul sings an extended aria explaining how she has been locked away from Ray since he was a child.
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