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Valparaiso: A New Chamber OperaLibretto by Judy Ramey
Music by Steven Luksan
Starring:
Nerys Jones, mezzo soprano
Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
Glenn Guhr, baritone
Karen Early Evans, soprano
Steven Luksan, piano
90 minute runtime (with a brief intermission)
FREE ADMISSION
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About the story and characters:
Valparaiso is a chamber opera set in a retirement home that explores the humor and pain, the love and loss, of four residents as they navigate the changes and challenges of advancing age.
Ron and his ex-wife Dorothy: Ron has lived in the retirement home for several years, and Dorothy has just moved in. He hopes to revive their love, but she immediately sets off with a new lover on a tour that ultimately arrives in Valparaiso, Chile. It does not go well for her.
Sam, a widower and Ron’s best friend: Sam is cranky, salty, but also suffering from the loss of his dear wife Mary.
Sarah, a widow: In her dementia she can’t accept the loss of her late husband Thomas.
Dorothy returns home with a broken wrist and a new appreciation of what she might have with Ron. Sam and Sarah learn that they both have found a deep source of comfort for their loss.
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This project was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture and by an enrichment grant from Horizon House. More info at: https://www.stevenluksan.com/valparaiso
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Music Center of the Northwest, 901 N 96th St,Seattle,WA,United States
