The InsightALT Festival is offering an inside look into American Lyric Theater's unique process of creating new operas.
Featuring concert readings of three new works, with guest performers from the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet and many more of the world's great opera houses, InsightALT will also include symposia and masterclasses related to the new operas in development.
Here's your chance to catch performers such as Audrey Luna, Caroline Worra, Audrey Babcock, Heather Johnson, Dominic Armstrong, Daniel Belcher and Christopher Burchett in the act of creation.
All concert readings will take place at the JCC in Manhattan.
The Turing Project
Music by Justine F. Chen; Libretto by David Simpatico
Thursday, May 30 at 8 p.m.
Commissioned in 2012 in honor of the Turing Centennial, The Turing Project is a historical fantasia based on the life of the English scientist Alan Turing. The opera explores Turing's extraordinary contributions to mankind, his county's disavowal of him because he was gay and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.
Conducted by Keith Chambers.
The Long Walk
Music by Jeremy Howard Beck; Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Based on the book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows by Brian Castner
Sunday, June 2 at 7 p.m.
The moving personal story of a man struggling to reintegrate himself into his family life upon his return home from Iraq after serving as an officer in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit.
Conducted by Steven Osgood.
La Reina
Music by Jorge Sosa; Libretto by Laura Sosa Pedroza
Monday, June 3 at 7 p.m.
Through the personal story of one of the most powerful drug "queenpins" in history, La Reina explores the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and their shared responsibilities in the increasingly violent drug wars--fueled by revenge and corruption--on both sides of the border. In English and Spanish, with English supertitles.
Conducted by Andrew Bisantz.
Based in New York City, American Lyric Theater (ALT) is the only company in the United States that offers extensive, full-time mentorship for emerging opera composers and librettists. While the traditional opera company model focuses on producing a season, ALT's programs focus on serving the needs of artists, developing new works and collaborating with other opera companies to help usher those works into the repertoire.
