WATERVILLE — Post Pardon: The Opera plans to presents “The Black Azaleas Song Cycle” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts at Colby College.
Conducted by Marshunda Smith, the performance introduces the group of eco-activists at the core of Post Pardon: The Opera. Featuring local vocalists and musicians from the community, as well as Colby students and faculty, the concert brings this new opera’s musical excitement and drama to audiences as a part of the Maine Literary Festival.
In collaboration with Colby Arts and funded by the Maine Arts Commission, Post Pardon: The Opera is adapted from Professor Arisa White’s eponymous poetry collection, published by Mouthfeel Press in 2011. With music by jazz composer Jessica Jones, the opera draws on African-diasporic spirituality and folklore to tell the story of Willow, a queer Black Azalea confronted with the ghost of her estranged mother.
Reserve free tickets at purplepass.com.
For more information call 256-677-1741 or email [email protected] or [email protected].
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