FULL AN AMERICAN DREAM (Jack Perla) Bloomington IN 2024
Imagine you had to leave your home forever tomorrow and could take only what you could carry. What would it be and why? Inspired by actual events, this powerful contemporary opera explores the stories of two women living in the Pacific Northwest during World War II. A Japanese American is forced from her home into […]
FULL AN AMERICAN DREAM (Jack Perla) Bloomington IN 2024
Video Recording from: IU Music
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: An American dream
- Composer: Perla Jack
- Libretto: Jessica Murphy Moo Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Musical Arts Center
- Recorded: February 2 & 3, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Kapp, Alexander, Liu Yuxuan, Yan Siyi, Abigail McKay, Emily Sipes, Talinaiya Bao, Liu Muyuan Collawn, Aiden Masters, Bryson Miles Callum, Esther Yi-An Tien
- Conductor: Judith Yan
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Richard Gammon
- Stage Designer: Smith, Mark F.
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: IUMusic
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: IU Music FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Imagine you had to leave your home forever tomorrow and could take only what you could carry. What would it be and why?
Inspired by actual events, this powerful contemporary opera explores the stories of two women living in the Pacific Northwest during World War II.
A Japanese American is forced from her home into an incarceration camp, while a Jewish-German immigrant desperately worries about the fate of her family she left in Germany.
A tender yet heart-wrenching examination of possessions as symbols of connection—and of the soul.
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