Organization

Anima Mundi Productions

Cascadia Chamber Opera

Conductor

Vincent D. Ceneno

Stage director

Karen Esquivel

Set designer

Sen Incavo

Costume designer

Jonna Hayden

Lighting designer

Greg Hopper-moore

Dramaturge

Brian Staufenbiel

Pianist

Nathalie Fortin

Librettist

Tiziana DellaRovere

Singer

David Gustafson

Anthony

Sofia

Kari Burgess

Sandra

Zachary Lenox

Victor

Jocelyn Claire Thomas

Jo-Jo

Steven Evans-Renteria

Justin

Sergei Teleshev

Accordion

Yvonne Hseuh

Violin

Tyler Abbott

Double Bass

Andrew Pham

Piano

English

Tango of the White Gardenia

Tango of the White Gardenia: Tango of the White Gardenia Gans-Morse

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An original work by Ethan Gans-Morse and libretto by Tiziana DellaRovere. Tango of the White Gardenia, a compelling new chamber opera in English, weaves together humor, emotional depth, and timely messages through the riveting music and dance of Argentine Tango.

At its core, it is a contemporary story told through a new kind of opera that offers fun winks and nods to the commedia dell’arte style of centuries past. But this opera also features urgent themes for today’s audiences, such as how enduring love and staying true to one’s heart are more precious than winning external recognition, how the consequences of parents’ mistakes cast a shadow on their children’s lives, and how bullies are made, not born. Specifically, it reveals how parental abandonment of a child often creates emotional insecurity and a sense of not being worthy of love, and many times the absence of care-giving parents creates a compulsion to compete, seduce, and win worldly recognition at any cost.

All of this drama unfolds against the background of Argentine Tango, which permeates both the musical score and the choreography of the six dancers who mirror each of the singing characters. In this context, the Tango becomes a metaphor for life and a perfect canvas for the expression of intense passion, deep connections, strident conflicts, and powerful reconciliation, all in operatic proportions!

Tango of the White Gardenia by Gans-Morse, From (2018/2018), Directed by Karen Esquivel,, Conductor Vincent D. Ceneno

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