On Circe: An Opera featuring Azalea Twining
May 16 @ 7:30 pm
This hour-long opera retells the myth of the Greek goddess Circe. Best known for transforming men into animals, Circe, in this libretto is found interrogating immortality, and lamenting her exile to a small island, while simultaneously manifesting herself as various historical figures across time and space. Electroacoustic/acoustic music and libretto by Elizabeth Hoffman. Azalea Twining as Circe; other voices: Eileen Clark and Ambrose Lai. With Shiau-uen Ding (piano), and Lindsey Jones (violin). Live sound by Daniel Neumann. Video by Marshall Weber. The development of this work is funded by a DISCOVERY grant from OPERA America and the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
