Streaming January 20, 2023.
In a modern retelling of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, a woman (soprano Julia Dawson) is cloistered in a prison of her own making until a mysterious stranger shows her a way out. Featuring Mozart’s “Exsultate, Jubilate” (KV 165) and new music by Iranian-Canadian composer Iman Habibi with original Latin text, Obscura Nox is a combination of classical music and narrative film. Director Mary Birnbaum’s 26-minute “création lyrique” explores themes of isolation, the relationship between perception and reality, and society’s morphine-drip addiction to our screens.
Streaming February 10, 2023.
In Opera Ithaca’s delightfully delicious adaptation of Engelbert Humperdinck's classic, two children who are lost in the woods are captured by a celebrity chef witch, who hosts the kids on her cooking show as both the guest stars... and the main ingredients.
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Streaming March 3, 2023. A live-action, contemporary adaptation of Arnold Schoenberg's song 'Erwartung' (from Vier Lieder, Op. 2, No.1), Erwartung / EXPECTATION recontextualizes the salon-like qualities of western lieder performance to a surrealistic bistro — told through the lens of a cabaret si...
Streaming April 7, 2023. Experiments in Opera’s made-for-TV opera series Everything for Dawn, which premiered in October on ALL ARTS. Featuring original music from 10 composers and librettos from a six-person writers’ room, the 10-part opera is a coming-of-age story chronicling a young Dawn’s gro...
