Opera Orlando’s Opera on the Town series features original productions throughout the City Beautiful. This season includes the piano workshop of the newly commissioned opera The Secret River, the world premiere of Death of Ivan Ilych, and the Orlando premiere of the critically-acclaimed As One.

FRIDAY | May 21 at 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY | May 23 at 2 p.m.

HARRIETT’S ORLANDO BALLET CENTRE
600 N Lake Formosa Drive | Orlando, FL 32803

As One is a timely and powerful story about a transgender woman that highlights the very human desire for self-fulfillment, authenticity and inner peace. A one-act chamber opera composed by Laura Kaminsky with a libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed, As One is a coming-of-age story about a transgender woman. Two voices—Hannah after (mezzo-soprano) and Hannah before (baritone)—share the part of a sole transgender protagonist. With empathy and humor, they trace Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years, and finally traveling alone to a different country, where she realizes her truth.

Since its world premiere production in 2014, As One has received more than 40 productions. According to OPERA America magazine, it is the most produced contemporary opera in North America of the last 4 years.

Sung in English.
Performances will run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
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This production is graciously sponsored by 26 Health

Age Advisory - PG-13

For more detail about the cast and crew for this production, click HERE.

SATURDAY | April 24 at 2 p.m. ⏤ PIANO WORKSHOP
at Mead Botanical Gardens

Get a glimpse of how an opera comes together. Opera Orlando’s first commissioned work, The Secret River, will be workshopped throughout the 2020-21 season. The Secret River is a one-act chamber opera for all audiences based on the book by Pulitzer Prize winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. With a libretto by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award-winner Mark Campbell and music by University of Central Florida Pegasus professor Stella Sung, The Secret River is set in Central Florida during the Great Depression, and it follows the journey of Calpurnia as she searches for a secret river to help her family and small town. It is a story for all ages demonstrating the power of trusting one’s imagination and the goodness within us all.

Admission is FREE
Sung in English, the workshop will present selections from the opera.
Workshop will run approximately 60 minutes with no intermission.
Due to CoVid-19, seating is limited for this production.

Age Advisory - G

For more detail about the cast and crew for this production, click HERE.