Sophia’s Forest
8 - 9 Sep 2017
8pm
8pm
Black Box Theater, Drexel University URBN Center Annex, 3402 Filbert Street, Philadelphia
Friday, September 8, 2017 to Saturday, September 9, 2017
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Composer Lembit Beecher presents Sophia’s Forest, a multi-disciplinary chamber opera that focuses on the experience of childhood. The work features a mechanical, electronic sound-generating sculpture that will grow from a small music box into a seven-foot tall object as the performance unfolds. Created in collaboration with the Drexel ExCITE Center, the sculpture will represent a family heirloom belonging to the principal character, a 9-year-old girl. Directed by Brian Staufenbiel with original libretto by Hannah Moscovitch, Sophia’s Forest will be performed by soprano Kierra Duffy and the Aizuri Quartet.