The Furies: A Laptopera

660 Lomita Dr,Stanford CA 94305

11 November, 2022

Description

The Furies: A Laptopera is a retelling of the Greek tragedy Electra. Blending a number of versions of the Electra story including works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Jean Paul Sartre, this retelling explores central questions regarding how communities escape from cycles of violence, the role of guilt and shame in community identity, personal responsibility, how justice interfaces with cycles of violence, and redemption. The artistic medium of the laptop orchestra both serves to recast the traditional instrumental role in a new kind of operatic medium (the “laptopera”) that reimagines the potential of instrument building to support dramatic elements and character relationships—while simultaneously positing critical questions about technology in our lives presently, both in its promise to help us flourish and in its perils to perpetuate and amplify the existing cycles of violence in our world today. ________________________________________________________________ FREE and Open to the Public LIVESTREAM Face coverings are strongly recommended. We encourage you to continue wearing masks for the comfort of our audience members, artists, and staff. For more information please visit CCRMA's COVID-19 Policies and the COVID-19 safety protocols for Department of Music events. ________________________________________________________________ Creator • Composer • Co-producer Anne Hege Co-producer • Visuals • SLOrk Director Ge Wang Instrument System Engineer Curtis Ullerich Instrument Design Contributors Camille Noufi, Elena Georgieva, Curtis Ullerich, Anne Hege, Matt Wright Choreographer • Stage Direction Carrie Ahern (2022 Premiere), Catie Cuan (2019-2020) Lighting and Set Design Jay Ryan Conductor Cole Thomason-Redus Soloists Electra — Shauna Fallihee Aegisthus — Sidney Chen Orestia — Anne Hege Clytemnestra — Alice Del Simone The Furies • SLOrk Ensemble Seth Arnopole, Elena Georgieva, Camille Noufi, Curtis Ullerich, Nette Worthey, Matt Wright Acknowledgements CCRMA, Constantin Basica, Dave Kerr, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano