Name: Protectress
Start: 2023-11-17
End: 2023-11-17
Location: Thompson Hall

Organization

Admin

Opera Contempo

Stage director

Anthony T. Buck

Conductor

Chris Ramos

Pianist

Gerta Grimei Wiemer

Singer

Aubrey Adams-McMillan

Medusa

Emily Nelson

Stheno

Lindsay Spring Browning

Euryale

Mandi Barrus

Artemis

Julie Wright Costa

Hera

Kirstin Chávez

Hecate

Thia Marie Harris

Aphrodite

Kahli Dalbow

Clotho

Hilary Koolhoven

Lachesis

Natalie Easter

Atropos

Protectress

Salt Lake City

United States

Thompson Hall

Protectress Jessica Rudman

Public

Juan Sebastián Cáceres Lara

Approved

Opera Contempo is pleased to announce a reading of the first two scenes of a new opera, composed by Utah’s Jessica Rudman, with libretto by Kendra Preston Leonard.
“Protectress” is a modern sequel to the Medusa myth that explores compassion and solidarity in relation to rape culture, victim blaming, and the processing of trauma. CW: the presentation will include brief descriptions of rape and violence, and will include PG-13 language.

English

Protectress by Jessica Rudman, Fri 17 Nov 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Anthony T. Buck,, Conductor Chris Ramos, Thompson Hall, Salt Lake City, United States

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