The Three Feathers
Presented by Solo Opera
Date:09/08/2023 - 09/10/2023
Location:Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, California 94596Introduction:A magical opera based on the Grimm’s fairy tale.
Solo Opera presents, The Three Feathers, a family friendly, magical chamber opera in English with music by award winning composer, Lori Laitman, and libretto by former CA poet laureate, Dana Gioia. Based on a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, the opera follows Princess Dora, not as a damsel in distress, but as a heroine. A magic feather leads the shy, self-doubting princess to an enchanted Underworld ruled by a giant Frog King. Here, she summons her courage and compassion to face a series of mysterious and comic adventures that change her life. Completing her quest, she saves her father’s kingdom from the plots of her selfish sisters and earns her right to the crown.
Conductor Alexander Katsman, will lead a full orchestra, a main cast/chorus of 15 adults, and 18-21 in a children’s chorus which features the San Francisco Girls Chorus (Members of San Francisco Girls Chorus School, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director). Artistic Director and Founder of Solo Opera, Sylvia Amorino, will direct and produce the opera with the design team of Scenic Designer: Peter Crompton, Lighting Designer: Patrick Toebe, Costume Designer: Callie Floor, and Makeup/Wig Designer: Consuelo T. Lopez-Robbins. Lecture by librettist, Dana Gioia, one hour before each performance.
Cast
KING: Eugene Brancoveanu
DORA: Shawnette Sulker
GILDA: Chelsea Hollow
TILDA: Hope Nelson
FROG KING: Kirk Eichelberger
FROG PRINCE: Samuel Faustine
CHAMBERLAIN: Jonathan Spencer
CAPTAIN SIEGFRIED: Andrew Fellows
CHILDREN’S CHORUS: The San Francisco Girls Chorus (Members of San Francisco Girls Chorus School, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director)
Running Time: approx. 85 minutes, with no intermission