What If? Social and Cultural choices through opera!

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Overview:

This year, Seeking the Human Spirit goes digital with an interactive online workshop that examines the context in which our operatic characters make decisions. Then we ask... What if? Join us this season and make your own character choice. 

 

Host, HGO Dramaturg, Jeremy Johnson

Host, HGO Dramaturg, Jeremy Johnson

Jeremy Johnson, Dramaturg at Houston Grand Opera, serves as the resident opera information source for audiences, patrons, and staff, communicating the musical, historical, sociological, ideological, and dramaturgical context for each of HGO’s operas. He works closely with composers and librettists on the commissioning and development of contemporary opera, solicits and reviews scores and libretti for production, and makes programming and casting recommendations as a member of HGO’s artistic team. He holds two degrees in vocal performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, an MBA from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, and a certificate in copyright law from Harvard Law School. He is passionate about contemporary opera’s ability to disrupt the industry toward a more creative, equitable, and accessible future. 

EPISODE 3: Dialogues of the Carmelites

January 13, 2022

Jeremy Johnson, Dramaturg hosts a conversation with a member of the Cast or creative Team and an outside expert to create a conversation around the context in which our character make their choices. After laying out the context, the audience is invited to change the narrative by asking "What if?"

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EPISODE 2: The Snowy Day

November 18, 2021

Jeremy Johnson, Dramaturg hosts a conversation with a member of the Cast or creative Team and an outside expert to create a conversation around the context in which our character make their choices. After laying out the context, the audience is invited to change the narrative by asking "What if?"

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EPISODE 1: Carmen

October 20, 2021

Jeremy Johnson, Dramaturg hosts a conversation with a member of the Cast or creative Team and an outside expert to create a conversation around the context in which our character make their choices. After laying out the context, the audience is invited to change the narrative by asking "What if?"

Please Watch Here

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