Name: New Opera on Screen: The Double, Emily & Sue
Start: 2025-06-30T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-06-30T21:00:00-07:00
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives

New Opera on Screen: The Double, Emily & Sue

Synchromy

Enjoy two new operas on the big screen: The Double by Vera Ivanova, and Emily & Sue by Dana Kaufman

2220 Arts + Archives

Join us for a screening of two operas (approximately 45 minutes each) that question truth, identity, perspective, and highlight the hidden realities within ourselves. Emily &amp; SueDana Kaufman, ComposerAiden Feltkamp, LibrettistJasmine Muhammad, EmilyIris Vocal Trio, Chorus Emily &amp; Sue is an a cappella pop opera that brings to life the powerful and little-known love story between poet Emily Dickinson and her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson. Based on real letters and poems, the piece imagines a relationship that defied the norms of 19th-century Massachusetts, touching on themes of queerness, secrecy, and longing. Commissioned by Amherst College and recorded in Dickinson’s actual bedroom, the film version was directed by Ron Bashford and produced by Four/Ten Media. The DoubleVera Ivanova, ComposerSarah LaBrie, librettistAlexander Gedeon, DirectorJon Lee Keenan, NothAnna Schubert, KlaraScott Graff, TherapistTimur, The DoubleThe Brightwork Ensemble The Double questions how our outward depiction of ourselves impacts our perceptions of reality. The opera’s troubled hero believes that his digital social profile, created by him, is acting independently in an attempt to take over his life. Ultimately, the audience is left asking if he really is losing his mind, or if he can see a reality we all have missed.Librettist Sarah LaBrie says of the script, “When Vera Ivanova approached me with this project, my first thought was that this story would offer an incredible opportunity to play with the concept of identity and the way it changes as our lives migrate increasingly online. Now, however, I’ve come to understand that the significance of The Double to our current cultural moment runs much deeper than that. In 2022, many of us are coming to terms with what it means to be a citizen of a country founded on a dream that clashes glaringly with the reality many of us confront.” This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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