FULL Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story (Edwards & Ralls) Portland OR 2023 Marion Newman, Richard Zeller, Dan Gibbs
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea's Story
- Composer: Hovia Edwards, Justin Ralls
- Libretto: Rose Ann Abrahamson Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Hampton Opera Center's Hinckley Theater, Portland, Oregon
- Recorded: May 13-14, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Marion Newman, Richard Zeller, Dan Gibbs
- Conductor: Justin Ralls
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Katherine Goforth
- Stage Designer: Alisyn Smith, Justin Ralls, Katherine Goforth, Rose Ann Abrahamson, Lisa Lipton, Randy Ralls
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Carl Faber
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Opera Theater Oregon
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: Vimeo FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
A new opera based on oral histories of Sacajawea’s Agai-Dika familial descendants
as well as the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Rose Ann Abrahamson is the great-great-grandniece of Sacajawea through Sacajawea’s brother, Cameahwait.
Sung in Aqai-Dika/Lemhi-Shoshone, Québécois French, English, and also including Native American Sign Language (with English subtitles).
PROGRAM:
MY MOTHER’S LANGUAGE, (pre-recorded voice and soundscape)
Rose Ann Abrahamson and Justin Ralls
ROUND DANCE, Native American Flute and pre-recorded soundscape
Hovia Edwards
NU NAH-HUP: SACAJAWEA’S STORY, PRELUDE
Music by Hovia Edwards and Justin Ralls
Native American flute and Orchestra
NU NAH-HUP: SACAJAWEA’S STORY, “STRIKEING” SCENE
Libretto by Rose Ann Abrahamson
Music by Hovia Edwards and Justin Ralls