World premiere: Ellen Reid's p r i s m
"Stunning... with Ellen Reid's incandescent p r i s m, an opera composer is born."
Presented at REDCAT, the world premiere of prism, by composer Ellen Reid and librettist Roxie Perkins, explores the post-traumatic stress experience after sexual assault. Directed by James Darrah, this Beth Morrison Projects production received subsequent performances at the Prototype Festival in New York and later in Sao Paolo, Brazil. A haunting, kaleidoscopic new work of opera-theatre that traverses the elasticity of memory after trauma, prism was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music and was named Best New Opera by the Music Critics Association of North America. Composer Ellen Reid's music erupts with color, using choral and orchestral manipulation to deliver an eerily distinct sonic world.
Creators
- Composer
- Ellen Reid
- Librettist
- Roxie Perkins
Ellen Reid
Composer
Roxie Perkins
Librettist
Cast
- Bibi
- Anna Schubert
- Lumee
- Rebecca Jo Loeb
- Chroma
- Members of the Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Anna Schubert
Bibi
Rebecca Jo Loeb
Lumee
Members of the Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Chroma
Creative
- Director
- James Darrah
- Conductor (Nov 29-30)
- Julian Wachner
- Conductor (Dec 1-2)
- Daniela Candillari
- Set Design
- Adam Rigg
- Costume Design
- Molly Irelan
- Lighting Designer
- Pablo Santiago
- Sound Designer
- Garth MacAleavey
- Choreographer / Assistant Director
- Chris Emile
- Creative Producer
- Beth Morrison
James Darrah
Director
Julian Wachner
Conductor (Nov 29-30)
Daniela Candillari
Conductor (Dec 1-2)
Adam Rigg
Set Design
Molly Irelan
Costume Design
Pablo Santiago
Lighting Designer
Garth MacAleavey
Sound Designer
Chris Emile
Choreographer / Assistant Director
Beth Morrison
Creative Producer
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Anna Schubert as Bibi in the world premiere of "p r i s m" presented by LA Opera Off Grand.
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Rebecca Jo Loeb (standing) as Lumee with Anna Schubert (left) as Bibi in the world premiere of "p r i s m" presented by LA Opera Off Grand.
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Anna Schubert as Bibi in the world premiere of "p r i s m" presented by LA Opera Off Grand.
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Rebecca Jo Loeb as Lumee in the world premiere of "p r i s m" presented by LA Opera Off Grand.
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A scene from the world premiere of "p r i s m" presented by LA Opera Off Grand, with Rebecca Jo Loeb as Lumee, conducted by Julian Wachner.
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Anna Schubert as Bibi in the world premiere of "p r i s m" presented by LA Opera Off Grand.
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Ellen Reid, the composer of "p r i s m"
James Matthew DanielLA Opera Off Grand made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Additional support from a consortium of generous donors to LA Opera's Contemporary Opera Initiative, chaired by Barry and Nancy Sanders.
p r i s m was commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, David & Kiki Gindler, Linda & Stuart Nelson, and Elizabeth & Justus Schlichting, with additional support from Nancy & Barry Sanders; OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers, funded by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation; The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust; and National Endowment for the Arts - Art Works.
