HER | alive.un.dead
$15-$55
- Sol Kim Bentley, soprano (HER / Doctor 2)
- Nina Guo, soprano (HER 2)
- Jeannette Lee, mezzo-soprano (Mum / Nurse / TWO)
- Jiayin Shi, baritone (Dad / Doctor / ONE)
- Lilit Hartunian, violin
- Stephen Marotto, cello
- Philipp Stäudlin, saxophone
- Mike Williams, percussion
Boston's Guerilla Opera and the Pao Arts Center present Emily Koh’s HER | alive.un.dead, a world premiere media opera and surrealist sci-fi drama that follows two Chinese-American women who meet in the afterlife and explore heartfelt familial and cultural conflicts. The creative team for this original production include composer and librettist Emily Koh, stage direction by Mo Zhou, and video projection design by Nuozhou Wang. The opera is approximately 60 minutes in duration and sung in English, Mandarin and Teochew.
On Saturday, May 13 at 2pm there will be a Tactile Tour directly preceding the matinee performance. This event is created for members of the blind and visually impaired community and all are welcome to join. Pre-registration is required and can be secured through the virtual box office link or by emailing ashley.yung@bcnc.net.
About Sol Kim Bentley, soprano (HER / Doctor 2)
About Nina Guo, soprano (HER 2)
About Jeannette Lee, mezzo-soprano (Mum / Nurse / TWO)
About Lilit Hartunian, violin
About Stephen Marotto, cello
About Philipp Stäudlin, saxophone
https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/directory/philipp-st%C3%A4udlin
About Mike Williams, percussion
Hailed by The Boston Globe as "one of the city's best percussionists," Mike Williams is an advocate for contemporary music, a member of the new music sinfonietta Sound Icon, the Calithumpian Consort, and is a co-founding artist of Guerilla Opera as well as former co-artistic director, with whom he has commissioned and premiered many new chamber operas since 2007. Williams has worked directly with many of the leading composers of our time including Pierluigi Billone, Philippe Leroux, Salvatore Sciarrino, Gunther Schuller, and Roger Reynolds.