Working for the Macbeths
COMPOSER: Johanny Navarro
LIBRETTIST: Marcus Yi
Shakespeare meets Monty Python in Working for the Macbeths, a riotous look behind the tragedy we think we all know. After three witches prophesize the downfall of Macbeth, Florinda - Lady Macbeth’s Lady-in-Waiting - is determined to fight fate and give the Macbeths the happy ending they deserve. Can destiny be changed, or is the play doomed to repeat itself?
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She Who Dared
COMPOSER: Jasmine Arielle Barnes
LIBRETTIST: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton.
Everyone has heard of Rosa Parks, but she wasn’t the first to refuse to move. She Who Dared recenters the spotlight on the courageous women who helped desegregate the Montgomery bus system in the 1950s.
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Enchantress
COMPOSER: Kamala Sankaram
LIBRETTIST: Rob Handel
In this scientific romance about the birth of the first computer program, Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, must choose between her passionate marriage and the chance to collaborate with the eccentric mathematician Charles Babbage.
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La Reina
COMPOSER: Jorge Sosa
LIBRETTIST: Laura Sosa Pedroza
Drawing its narrative from the drug trade in Mexico and the United States, this electro-acoustic opera, with text in Spanish and English opera, is inspired by some of the most vivid real life players in this increasingly violent war from the past and present.
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The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing
COMPOSER: Justine F. Chen
LIBRETTIST: David Simpatico
Commissioned by American Lyric Theater in 2012 to commemorate the Turing Centennial, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing is an evening-length opera inspired by the life of the groundbreaking computer scientist, Alan Turing.
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Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers
COMPOSER: Kamala Sankaram
LIBRETTIST: David Johnston
Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers fuses monkey stories from India, China, and West Africa to tell the story of Monkey and his brainy sister Francine.
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Murasaki’s Moon
COMPOSER: Michi Wiancko
LIBRETTIST: Deborah Brevoort
An opera for audiences of all ages, Murasaki’s Moon is inspired by the life and work of Lady Murasaki, author of the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji.
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On the Origin
COMPOSER: Justine F. Chen
LIBRETTIST: Rochelle Bright
Charles Darwin's most controversial work — On the Origin of Species — to publish, or not to publish? This intimate opera features a libretto sourced from Darwin's own private letters and his greatest written works.
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The Selfish Giant
COMPOSER: Clarice Assad
LIBRETTIST: Lila Palmer
Through a beloved fairy tale, young audiences (and those who are young at heart!) are taken on a magical journey about the power that kindness has to transform, and that empathy has to bridge the gap between who we appear to be and who we truly are.
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