Name: Joel Thompson's Fire and Blue Sky
Start: 2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: LA Opera

Organization

Tenor

Russell Thomas

Conductor

Lina Gonzalez-Granados

LA Opera

Orchestra

LA Opera Orchestra

Singer

Deborah Nansteel

Mezzo-soprano

Joel Thompson's Fire and Blue Sky

Los Angeles

United States

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Fire and Blue Sky Thompson,J

Public

Fire and Blue Sky

A Snowy Day Orchestral Suite

Approved

Joel Thompson's Fire and Blue Sky: Fire and Blue Sky Thompson,J (+1 More)

Every family has secrets. This family is grappling with the fallout.

Russell is just a regular kid growing up beneath the shade of Miami palms, but everything changes when a family secret is inadvertently revealed. Join us for this heartfelt journey that follows a mother and son as they move past their pain and toward hope and healing.

Tenor Russell Thomas bares his remarkable story in the world premiere of Fire and Blue Sky from Emmy-winning composer Joel Thompson and celebrated Los Angeles-based poet Imani Tolliver. Deborah Nansteel joins Thomas as his mother. Featuring the LA Opera Orchestra under the baton of Lina González-Granados.

The concert will also feature an orchestral suite from Joel Thompson's opera The Snowy Day.

Fire and Blue Sky - World Premiere June 6

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Cast

Ensemble