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Desire

First Preview: Sep 26, 2019
Opening Date: Oct 16, 2019
Closing Date: Oct 17, 2019
Running Time: 01:40
Desire

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Playing @
Miller Theatre
Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
Launched in 2017, Miller Theatre's Chamber Opera Commissioning Initiative contributes meaningfully to the American opera landscape, provides composers with an opportunity to create significant new work, and increases audience engagement with contemporary opera.

A flowering garden sets the scene for the world premiere of award-winning composer Hannah Lash’s newest chamber opera.

Written for a conductorless cast of three singers and string quartet, Desire grapples with the human, personal struggle of trusting oneself in the midst of doubt. The score paints a lush sonic landscape, performed by the adventurous JACK Quartet, and transports audiences to this metaphoric garden of creativity.

WORLD PREMIERE
ConcertConcert
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16th @ 8 PM


Music
  • Hannah Lash

Book
  • Hannah Lash
  • with Cori Ellison

Director
  • Rachel Dickstein

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Full-price tickets:

$35.00 - $70.00

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Wheelchair access to box office requires staff assistance. Patron should call ahead to make appointment.
  • Restroom

    handicapped accessible
  • Seating

    688 seats
  • Elevator/Escalator

    yes
  • Entrance

    Wheelchair patrons enter from street through the North Lobby. Theatre Staff will escort the patron to an elevator to the orchestra level lobby/box office and on to wheelchair patron seating in the orchestra level.
  • Water Fountain

    one handicapped accessible water fountain available.
  • Assisted Listening System

    yes
  • Wheelchair Info

    4 wheelchair locations in the orchestra level.

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