FULL What the Spirits Show – a micro opera (Silen Wellington) Austin TX 2024 Chelsea Scott, Allyssa Kemp, Carol Brown
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: What the Spirits Show
- Composer: Wellington Silen
- Libretto: Walken Schwigert Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Austin, Texas, One Ounce Opera
- Recorded: 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Chelsea Scott, Allyssa Kemp, Carol Brown, Jake Jacobsen, Stephen Maus
- Conductor: Joseph Choi
- Orchestra: Joseph Choi, PIANO
Information about the Recording
- Published by: One Ounce Opera
- 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
“What the Spirits Show” is a micro-opera composed by Silen Wellington with a libretto by Walken Schweigert. It premiered in Texas as one of four winning compositions at the 6th Annual Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera short opera showcase in Austin, Texas in 2024. Staged and recorded live at the Museum of Human Achievement, a warehouse space in East Austin.
Synopsis:
Calamus is a teenage artist with a fantastical imagination and endless curiosity. Rather than easels or clay, Calamus’ canvas is their own body. With the aid of a magic elixir, Calamus shapeshifts, expressing their true spirit by bending into different forms and offering the poetry of transformation. But when a tyrannical politician criminalizes such elixirs, Calamus’ world is on the brink of destruction, and they will need all their strength to bend the arc back towards justice…