This photo is from the dress rehearsal of my opera scene — "A Night on the Sea" from The Open Boat. The scene is based on the 1897 Stephen Crane story of the same name, and I created the libretto from that story as well as Crane's poetry. This was presented in two sold out shows this past weekend as part of Rites of Being, a collaboration of Kansas City musicians and artists to produce 6 new opera scenes. The amazing sopranos pictured are Stacey Stofferahn, Jessica Salley, and Anna Louise Hoard. Alison Heryer did Art Direction and Lisa Cordes did Production and Stage Direction. Hunter Long of Blackhouse Collective produced the whole thing with funding from several arts institutions. John Chittum conducted an ensemble made up of the composers and a handful of ringers. I even got to play violin in the ensemble. It was exciting to be a part of an event with so much buzz around the area and wonderful to see my opera produced. This was a project I'd been imagining for a few years now.
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