Fri, Nov 17Thompson Concert HallNov 17, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM MSTThompson Concert Hall, 1375 Presidents' Cir, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USAOpera Contempo is pleased to announce a reading of the first two scenes of a new opera, composed by Utah’s Jessica Rudman, with libretto by Kendra Preston Leonard.
Sun, Jul 31
|The Box @ The Gateway
The Combat Show 2
opera meets dance ~ Baroque meets contemporary ~ acoustic meets electric ~ CONNECTION MEETS COMBAT
Time & Location
Jul 31, 2022, 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM
The Box @ The Gateway, 124 W 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA
About the event
Find tickets HERE
Opera Contempo, in co-production with NEXT Ensemble, presents "The Combat" by Claudio Monteverdi, adapted by David Campbell; starring Hilary Koolhoven as the Narrator; Anna Hawkes as Tancredi; and Alyssa Liu as Clorinda. Danced by Karllen Johson and Aimee Pike. Directed by Emilio Casillas and conducted by Evie Marie Gilgen.
Why do we hurt the ones we love most? Does technology bring us closer in connection, or only create combat? We explore these themes in this Baroque opera, sung and played live with acoustic and electric instruments in an adapted modern score. Dancers represent the virtual battle taking place between Tancredi and Clorinda, two people who care deeply about each other, but who can't seem to get past their ideological differences. Will the combat lead to reconciliation or death?
Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Find tickets HERE