New Opera Showcase:

Videos and Libretti

 

 

We had a nice turnout for our March 28, 2026 workshop performance of excerpts from two new operas:

 

Higher Education, Act I, Scene 1

 

and

 

Dying of Desire, Act I

 

HIgher Education (story, libretto, and music by Ashley Hastings) is a musical soap opera about a troubled faculty couple and a naive student couple. The first scene introduces the characters and hints at an incipient affair between Professor Paul Seaver and student Judy Belleview.

 

Dying of Desire (libretto and music by Ashley Hastings, based on the novel by Glenn Harris) is a jazzy opera about a detective duo in Portland. They wrestle with three mysteries while trying to figure out if they are in love. Plus, there are cats!

 

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