FULL ADAM’S RUN Opera-Movie (Ruby Fulton) Portland OR 2023 Renegade Opera
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Adam's Run
- Composer: Fulton Ruby
- Libretto: Baynard Woods Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Shaking the Tree Theatre, Portland, Oregon
- Recorded: September 6, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Lisa Neher, Madleine Tran, Quinton Gardner, Matthew Rowning
- Conductor: Danielle Olana Jagelski
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Melory Mirashrafi
- Stage Designer: Tyler Buswell, Bobbie Yeo
- Costume Designer: Kelli McDonough
- Lighting Designer: Mandana Khoshnevisan
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Renegade Opera
- TV Director: Rachel Dwiggins
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Adam’s Run is a comedic contemporary opera on climate collapse (socio-political and ecological) by composer Ruby Fulton and librettist Baynard Woods. Set in a near-future America, TV personalities Julie Shore (the Existentialist Weather Woman) and Reverend Billy Noble (the Environmentalist Evangelist) vie for America’s viewership. Despite ideological differences, Billy and Julie choose to work together, but not without retaliation from Billy’s cousin and fervent follower, Rodney Richards. TV producer Dana Daring tells their story as a series of flashbacks.
Adam’s Run is not your typical opera. Traditional orchestra sounds (violin, viola, cello, and piano) are joined by electric guitar and bass, saxophone, drum kits, glockenspiel, distortion pedals, and original musique concrète sound collage. And yet, opera buffs will hear the cadential formulas of classical-style recitatives they know and love. Whether you come for director Melory Mirashrafi’s playful yet sensitive interpretation of the story, the performers’ skilled execution of Ruby Fulton’s roller coaster of a score, or Kelli McDonough’s fabulous costumes, there’s something for everyone in this show.
Adam’s Run was originally conceived as a film opera in 2014. Renegade Opera’s production in September 2023 will be the opera’s live premiere, adapted collaboratively between Renegade Opera and the composer and librettist. Adam’s Run will be performed at Shaking the Tree Theatre, an ADA-accessible immersive warehouse performance space in Southeast Portland. Adam’s Run contains adult themes and is recommended for mature audiences. Each performance is followed by post-show programming.
Quoted from Renegade Opera