“Isola succeeds at doing what the best operas do: finding a way to express the inexpressible through song.” - Opera News
ISOLA is a poetic monodrama for soprano, string trio and electronics that explores the body as island, distorted perception, and the nature of Time, how it collapses and expands.
ISOLA charts a synesthetic practice of giving voice and color to the trajectory of isolation: deep blue of dreams; the pink noise of anxiety; toxic green of a depressive fog; and finally, orange light, a shining moment of clarity and resilience.
Written in collaboration with poet J. Mae Barizo.
Photo by JJ Geiger, Production by Long Beach Opera
Directed by George R. Miller
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