Opera: Looking at You

5000 Forbes Ave,Pittsburgh PA 15213

31 March, 2022

Description

An immersive techno-noir opera by Kamala Sankaram & Rob Handel confronting the issue of privacy in a digitized society. LOOKING AT YOU Music by Kamala Sankaram Libretto by Rob Handel Daniel Curtis, conductor Richard Gammon, director The drama reimagines the morally complex love story of CASABLANCA in our age of total surveillance. When Dorothy lands her dream job as chief software engineer at a social media behemoth in Silicon Hills, she doesn’t expect her past will come crashing in as her ex-boyfriend Ethan becomes the world’s most famous whistleblower. Pursued by the U.S. government and at the mercy of whoever harbors him, Ethan’s only hope is to delete his fragile physical existence and upload his consciousness permanently to the cloud — but for that he needs the help of the woman he abandoned without explanation in order to expose a secret worldwide surveillance structure. Will Dorothy choose to save Ethan or to hold on to her shiny life by turning him in?