Forsyth County is Flooding with the Joy of Lake Lanier (Marcus Norris) Atlanta 2024 Kevin Thompson, Minka Wiltz, Andrew Gilstrap

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier)  
• Composer: Norris Marcus   
• Libretto: Marcus Norris, Adamma Ebo    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia  
• Recorded: June 15, 2024
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Kevin Thompson, Minka Wiltz, Andrew Gilstrap, Marnie Breckenridge, Ronnita Miller
• Conductor: Chaowen Ting  
• Orchestra:
• Choreographer: Dell Howlett  
• Stage Director: Tinashe Kajese-Bolden  
• Stage Designer: Kat Conley  
• Costume Designer: Jarrod Barnes  
• Lighting Designer: Bradley Bergeron  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Atlanta Opera  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Selected as winner of the inaugural 96-Hour Opera Project Showcase in 2022, Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier) is the first new opera launched from the annual competition. The one-act dark comedy explores some of Georgia’s terrifying, uncomfortable, and uncanny happenings at Lake Lanier in Forsyth County, Georgia. In what might just be a modern-day ghost story: a private detective and a witch, who claims to be connected to spirits are hired to uncover a weird supernatural mystery happening—puddles. Everywhere …

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