Modern Opera

Noon at Dusk (world premiere)
(répétiteur, vocal coach, musical preparation)
     May 11, 2016 & May 13-14, 2016 / Experimental Theater / Conrad Prebys Music Center

music by Stephen Lewis
     libretto by Yi Hong Sim
     produced by kallisti
     directed by Susan Narucki
     conducted by Dana Sadava
     featuring:          
          Ashley Cutright
          Tiffany DuMouchelle
          Philip Larson
          Jonathan Nussman
          Kirsten Ashley Wiest
          Hillary Jean Young​
  
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     Two couples face a difficult yet increasingly common dilemma: should you go where you must to pursue your ideal career aspirations, or stay with a partner who cannot follow you? Annelise and Daniela’s long-term commitment to each other is challenged when Annelise has the chance to realize her professional dreams, while the threat of Eliot’s job loss puts his young love for Lisha to the test. The forces that drive their choices are larger than any of them suspect, and the shadows of regret that follow implicate them all. A debut collaboration between composer Stephen Lewis and librettist Yi Hong Sim, Noon at Dusk is a complex, intimate tragedy of what it means to “make a living” in the postindustrial world.
     Premiered in a three-show run on May 11th, 13th, and 14th, 2016, Noon at Dusk was hailed as "delectable," with a "constantly shifting sonic world [that] proved fascinating and effective" and a "moving, universal story about what really counts between 21st-century laborers."

- Stephen Lewis