Name: Our American Odyssey
Start: 2023-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Joshi Performance Hall (Indiana University South Bend)

Organization

Admin

South Bend Lyric Opera

Direction d'orchestre

Juan-Carlos Alarcon

Mise en scène

Carl Ratner

Piano

Ellis Anderson

Costumes

Emily Chidalek

Direction de choeur

Addie Pfeiffer

Décors

Damen Mroczek

Lumières

Ethan Brentlinger

Soprano

Mary Martin

Penelope

Ténor

Seth Johnson

Odysseus

Baryton-basse

Cyclops

Elizabeth Schleicher

Circe

Mezzo-soprano

Eleni Taluzek

Calypso

Emma Sorenson

Clea

Emily Sullivan

Others

South Bend Lyric Opera Chorus

Our American Odyssey

South Bend

États-Unis

Joshi Performance Hall (Indiana University South Bend)

Our American Odyssey Marjorie Rusche

Public

Sharan Allad

Valide

OUR AMERICAN ODYSSEY is inspired by Homer's THE ODYSSEY and the currents of our time, blending the worlds of mythological and modern men and women. Odysseus journeys from an ancient world of battle to become a Wall Street profiteer who slays the monster Cyclops on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He then journeys to Circe's Malibu Spiritual Retreat and Calypso's Cayman Islands luxury resort before he returns to his true home. Penelope, while beset with grief for the loss of Odysseus, heroically strategizes to get rid of the harassing suitors led by the bully Antinous, telepathically reconnects with Odysseus in Circe's Malibu Spiritual Retreat, and aids her fiber arts studio assistant Clea with her immigration issues. Reunited, Penelope and Odysseus vow to rebuild a safe, loving home and flourishing society in Ithaca (aka America).

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The music is lyric, dramatic, and comic; a contemporary opera/music theater/minimalism/world music blend.

English

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