MRL and Music Department folks have started collaborating on Losing Her Voice, a new opera being written and composed by Elizabeth Kelly (Director of Composition).

Losing Her Voice focuses on the life of opera diva Geraldine Farrar who transitioned from the stages of international opera, to being one of the first Hollywood silent movie stars. The work aims to re-animate archival media and position the audience as ‘Gerry flappers’, where they take part in the performance of the work from the screens of their own devices.

The premiere performance of Losing Her Voice will be at the Lakeside Arts Centre, on the 6th and 7th April 2019. I’ll be posting updates on the progress of our work.