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DARK SISTERS follows one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the FLDS Church (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints), a sect that split from mainstream Mormonism in the early 20th Century largely because of the LDS Church’s renunciation of polygamy.
Set against a red-earthed landscape filled with revelations, dark prophets and white temples stretching towards heaven, Dark Sisters charts one woman’s quest for self-discovery in a world where personal identity is forbidden. (Voices from premiere production: ELIZA: Lyric or Spinto Soprano PRESENDIA: Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
Nov 10, 2011 · Nov. 10, 2011. Sometimes a new opera that seems not to be cohering as a musical and dramatic whole leaves you feeling disengaged. “Dark Sisters,” a chamber opera by Nico Muhly that had its...
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DARK SISTERS follows one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the FLDS Church (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints), a sect that split from mainstream Mormonism in the early 20th Century largely because of the LDS Church’s renunciation of polygamy.
Sep 12, 2023 · OrpheusPDX, a new company founded by Christopher Mattaliano in Portland, Oregon, concluded its second season with a brilliant and thought-provoking production of Nico Muhly ’s “Dark Sisters,” at Lincoln Hall on August 24. “Dark Sisters” explores and exposes relationships in a polygamous sect and reveals the courage of one sister-wife to leave it.
Nov 30, 2015 · Now comes the first Canadian production of Nico Muhly’s first foray into opera, Dark Sisters, in a nine-performance run by Vancouver Opera through Dec. 12. Eden Tremayne as Lucinda and Thomas Goerz as The Prophet. Muhly has become a sensation in the world of contemporary opera.
Nov 4, 2011 · Nico Muhly, Composer of ‘Dark Sisters’ and ‘Two Boys’ - The New York Times. Keeping Operas, And His Life, In Brisk Motion. Nico Muhly also composed “Two Boys,” a joint effort of the...
