Organization

Conductor

Ryan Brown

Jacob Ashworth

Stage director

Ethan Heard

Set designer

Reid Thompson

Costume designer

Beth Goldenberg

Lighting designer

Oliver Wason

Translator

Jenn Gallo

Singer

Lucía Martín-Cartón

Susanna

Sara Couden

Scholar/Testo

Ariana Douglas

Student/Daniel

Patrick Kilbride

Judges

Paul Max Tipton

Heartbeat Opera

La Susanna -  (Susanna)

New York City

United States

BAM Fisher

La Susanna Stradella

Public

Approved

Witness Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette's rediscovery of the Baroque gem LA SUSANNA.

Two judges desire the beautiful Susanna. When she rejects their advances, they exploit their power in an attempt to destroy her. It’s the Bible’s iconic story of sexual harassment and the perversion of justice. Originally conceived with a male narrator and male savior, Alessandro Stradella’s seductive oratorio from 1681 becomes a startlingly powerful opera for 2019, with women as both storyteller and whistleblower. Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette (http://operalafayette.org/
) join forces to breathe new life into this baroque gem, which speaks truth to power here and now.

Directed by Ethan Heard
Music Direction by Ryan Brown and Jacob Ashworth
Presented at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC and BAM Fisher in Brooklyn, NY
Featuring Lucía Martín Cartón, Sara Couden, Ariana Douglas, Patrick Kilbride, and Paul Max Tipton

Video by Kathy Wittman, Ball Square Films

Two judges desire the beautiful Susanna. When she rejects their advances, they exploit their power in an attempt to destroy her. It’s the Bible’s iconic story of sexual harassment and the perversion of justice. Originally conceived with a male narrator and male savior, Stradella’s seductive oratorio from 1681 becomes a startlingly powerful opera for 2019, with women as both storyteller and whistleblower. Heartbeat Opera (“imaginative and vital” – The New Yorker) and Opera Lafayette (“uncommonly rewarding” – Musical America) join forces to breathe new life into this baroque gem, which speaks truth to power here and now.

English

Susanna by Stradella, From (2019/2019), Directed by Ethan Heard,, Conductor Ryan Brown, Jacob Ashworth, BAM Fisher, New York City, United States

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