Name: Ipsa Dixit
Start: 2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Art Theatre

Organization

Admin

Long Beach Opera

Stage director

James Darrah

Conductor

Christopher Rountree

Choreographer

Janet Eilber

Ipsa Dixit

Long Beach

United States

Art Theatre

Ipsa Dixit Soper

Public

Approved

IPSA DIXIT (2010-16)
by Kate Soper

I. Poetics (2015)
for soprano, flute, violin, and percussion
text by Aristotle (abr./arr. Soper) and Sophocles

Recorded live at EMPAC, December 9, 2016
Performed by Wet Ink: Kate Soper (soprano), Erin Lesse (flute), Josh Modney (violin), Ian Antonio (percussion)

Directed by Ashley Tata
Lights by Anshuman Bhatia
Projections by Brad Peterson
Costumes by Nina Vartanian

IPSA DIXIT: I. Poetics (excerpt)

Prepare to embark on a captivating journey through the mind-bending world of Kate Soper's IPSA DIXIT. Premiered in New York in December 2016 and a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Music, this avant-garde gem is not your typical opera. Dubbed a "philosophy-opera" by The New Yorker, it's set to make its dazzling return in a brand-new production at the Art Theatre in Long Beach during the first two weekends of June.

IPSA DIXIT is an artistic revelation, a profound exploration of the intricate dance between ideas, expression, and language. Composed over six years, it's a bold fusion of sound and thought, delivered in six striking movements that weave seamlessly into a mesmerizing ninety-minute whole. Soper boldly asks, "How can music unveil the very essence of being a thinker, a language-wielder, with all the glorious contradictions and limitations language itself brings?" To answer, she employs her own words alongside excerpts from luminaries like Aristotle, Plato, and Freud, pushing the boundaries of artistic meaning.

English

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