Formerly titled “Legendary.”  Opera developed with The American Opera Project (AOP) and the Seagle Music Colony.  Libretto by Jason Kim.  Developmental support provided by an Opera America Repertoire Development Grant and an Opera Genesis Fellowship at The Hermitage Artist Colony.  Workshops have include those with the Seagle Music Festival, Amanda + James, The American Opera Project, Fort Worth Opera’s “Frontiers”, and Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater’s “From Page to Stage” program.

For additional information and to view clips, please visit the project’s homepage with The American Opera Project (AOP).

Length 100″

Language: English
Cast: 1soprano, 1countertenor, 2 tenor, 1 baritone

“It’s love or drag, baby”

Famed drag performer Dee Legendary embarks on a passionate love affair with Officer John, whose fascination with Dee takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. Inspired by a true story, House of Legendary is an opera about double lives and destructive desires set in the glory days of New York City’s underground drag culture.

ORCHESTRAL FORCES:

fl, cl (b. cl.), 2perc(drum kit+vibes), pno, 2vln, vla, vlc, db

Killing the Bees is a 60 minute opera about the ripple effects of inherited trauma told through the story of a woman who escaped the Holocaust as a child. It asks the question: How do we heal and move forward with hope from traumatic events that haunt our families for generations? In the excerpt above, Ilsa – who was young when she and her mother fled Germany to escape the Holocaust – tries to piece together the story of her families’ last day together.