The Way the Sky Looks
World Premiere: Friday, April 18th, 2025 — 8 - 10 pm (EST)
Paulson Center, New York University
THE WAY THE SKY LOOKS
Hannah Nikka Odsinada, librettist
Matthew Shreve, composer
Miranda Scripp, conductor
Legazpi, Philippines: an empty house in the country. The dark before sunrise. A woman on a lawn chair, dressed in black. A bouquet of roses. From the brush, a deer approaches. A short chamber opera exploring loss, perspective, and countless lives lived beneath a single sky.
Characters
Daughter (Jin Alonzo - Mezzo-Soprano), a human: young, Filipino-American. Drained by the sting of grief.
Deer (Mary Rose Go - Soprano), a deer: aging, twig-like, with a spotted brown coat. Alert, curious.
Location
The front yard of a large house on the rural edge of Legazpi, a city in Albay, Philippines. Time In recent memory / long enough ago to be a dream / recent enough to sting
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