In a Grove – Jan 16-19
January 16 – 19, 2025
January 16-18 at 7pm
January 18 & 19 at 2pm
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003
Co-presented with Prototype Festival
Composer: Christopher Cerrone
Director: Mary Birnbaum
Librettist: Stephanie Fleischmann
Music Director: Raquel Acevedo Klein
Inspired by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s classic story, In A Grove is a haunting meditation on the impossibility of truth and the subjectivity of memory and perception. Set in a ghost forest in the aftermath of a wildfire in the Pacific Northwest, this searing adaptation plunges the listener progressively deeper into the ever more fallible regions of the human heart, interrogating how we see, hear, remember and believe.
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera. Co-Produced by the Pittsburgh Opera and Metropolis Ensemble.
With additional creative and development support provided by Raulee Marcus and Steven Block.
Photo credit: Louis Stein.
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