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MEET OUR PERFORMERS!Allison Kim-Yok Knotts, mezzo
Lisa Neher, NWO resident mezzo & composer Lindsey Rae Johnson, NWO resident soprano Stephen Lewis, pianist Full bios for our musicians this season are linked here 
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MEET OUR FEATURED ARTISTS!New Wave Opera is committed to sharing stories by living voices from around the world. Tonight's program features the work of over 25 living composers, librettists, poets, and translators from Europe, Australia, South America, and the United States.
Bios for featured composers & librettists are linked here. 
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FULL TEXTS & TRANSLATIONSClick on the PDF below to download texts & translations for the pieces featured this evening!
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BROWSE THE SET LIST
Please Note that set timings are approximate, and there is a 15-20 minute break between each set. 6:30pm | Set 1 Mango Salad | Kimberly R. Osberg, composer Sleep Saga | Dianne Davies, music & text This work is in six short movements: I. Monsters, II. Love Birds, III. I'm "In"!, IV. Prom, V. The Dress, VI. Kids "What’s That Smell?," from COVID Bake-Off | Monica Chew, composer & Sandra Flores-Strand, librettist 6:55pm | Set 2 "Yo Crío Una Mosca," from Cuatro Canciones Andinas | Gabriela Lena Frank, composer & José María Arguedas, translator How Doth the Little Crocodile? | Lisa Neher, composer & Lewis Carroll, text "Adelaide’s Aria," from The Enchanted Pig | Jonathan Dove, composer & Alasdair Middleton, librettist 7:20pm | Set 3 The Sunrise Ruby | Gwyneth Walker, composer & Rumi, text (trans. by Coleman Barks) "You Have Become a Forest," from Four Poems by Nikita Gill | Melissa Dunphy, music & Nikita Gill, text If You Cheese (A WORLD PREMIERE!) | Kimberly R. Osberg, music & text 7:40pm | Set 4 "Bored Cat Duet," from Meow and Forever | Jodi Goble, composer & Basil Considine, librettist "Incantation" and "Familiar" from she conjures | Lisa Neher, composer & Bea Goodwin, librettist 8:05pm | Set 5 "Mezzo Aria" from THUMP | Kimberly R. Osberg, composer & Edgar Allen Poe, text (adapted from "The Tell-Tale Heart") "Rita’s Aria," from A Wedding | William Bolcom, composer & Robert Altman and Arnold Weinstein, librettists 8:30pm | Set 6 "Jane’s Aria" and "Finale," from Serial Killers & the City | Del'Shawn Taylor, composer & Joanie Brittingham, librettist The Sunrise Ruby | Gwyneth Walker, composer & Rumi, text (trans. by Coleman Barks) Coyotes | Ricky Ian Gordon, composer & Ray Underwood, text 9:00pm | Set 7 Snapshots | Lisa Neher, composer & The University Daily Kansan, text source This work is in seven short movements: I. Crocodiles, II. Rain, III. Sneaky Squirrels, IV. A Simple Request, V. Turtle Fence, VI. Tuesdays and Thursdays, VII. Spoiler Alert! "Billy the Kid" from Cowboy Songs | Libby Larsen, composer & Anonymous, text source How Doth the Little Crocodile? | Lisa Neher, composer & Lewis Carroll, text 9:30pm | Set 8 "You Have Become a Forest," from Four Poems by Nikita Gill | Melissa Dunphy, music & Nikita Gill, text If You Cheese (A WORLD PREMIERE!) | Kimberly R. Osberg, music & text 10pm | Set 9 "In the Beginning" from Of Gods and Cats | Jake Heggie, composer & Gavin Geoffrey Dillard, libretto Still | Gwyneth Walker, music & text "Bored Cat Duet," from Meow and Forever | Jodi Goble, composer & Basil Considine, librettist 10:30pm | Set 10 "A Route to the Sky," from Paper Wings | Jake Heggie, composer & Frederica von Stade, librettist Sleep Saga | Dianne Davies, music & text This work is in six short movements: I. Monsters, II. Love Birds, III. I'm "In"!, IV. Prom, V. The Dress, VI. Kids | ||
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