The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project | Final Performance: Shikata Ga Nai
The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project: Stories that Resonate
•
15m
Enjoy this full final performance from The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project: Stories that Resonate!
Title: Shikata Ga Nai
Composer: Roydon Tse
Librettist: Marcus Yi
Story Partner: Japan-American Society of Georgia
Tenor: Jeong Min Huh
Baritone: Andre Chiang
Pianist: Erika Tazawa
Director: Ricardo Aponte
Artist Statement:
"Our story, Shikata Ga Nai, was inspired by Jimmy Doi, a World War II veteran who was also a Japanese internment camp detainee. We were inspired by his unwavering positivity in the face of adversity, and his relentless search for his father. The one act opera traverses fifteen years of his life and is divided into five tableaux that capture pivotal moments in his journey. The music draws from a variety of styles and paints a portrait
of a man who clung onto his humor and humanity through the darkest of times."
Up Next in The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project: Stories that Resonate
-
The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project | Fina...
Enjoy this full final performance from The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project: Stories that Resonate!
Title: Atlanta: 1906
Composer: Johanny Navarro
Librettist: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
Story Partner: National Center for Civil and Human RightsMezzo-Soprano: Ebony Collier
Baritone: Randall Perkins
Piani... -
The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project | Fina...
Enjoy this full final performance from The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project: Stories that Resonate!
Title: Buford Highway Dreams
Composer: Jorge Sosa
Librettist: Alejandra Villareal Martinez
Story Partner: We Love Buford HighwayMezzo-Soprano: Xiaohan Chen
Tenor: Austin Cripe
Pianist: Choo Choo Hu
Di... -
The 2022 96-Hour Opera Project | OFFI...
Filmed at Morehouse College over four days, The 96-Hour Opera Project follows talented teams of composers and librettists as they rehearse, write and perform new 10-minute operas. The winning team wins $10,000 and a commission from the opera. This is a three-episode series that also airs on Georg...
