Organization

Admin

South Bend Lyric Opera

Conductor

Juan-Carlos Alarcon

Stage director

Carl Ratner

Pianist

Ellis Anderson

Costume designer

Emily Chidalek

Chorus master

Addie Pfeiffer

Set designer

Damen Mroczek

Lighting designer

Ethan Brentlinger

Singer

Soprano

Mary Martin

Penelope

Tenor

Seth Johnson

Odysseus

Bass-baritone

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

United States

Joshi Performance Hall (Indiana University South Bend)

Our American Odyssey Marjorie Rusche

Public

Sharan Allad

Approved

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

Our American Odyssey by Marjorie Rusche, From (2023/2023), Directed by Carl Ratner,, Conductor Juan-Carlos Alarcon, Joshi Performance Hall (Indiana University South Bend), South Bend, United States

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