Los Angeles-based composer/harpist LeBaron presents a quirky, electronic-driven score to tell a Brechtian political tale of one city's response to a natural disaster.
"An ambitious and alarming new opera."
– Los Angeles Times
Conductor: Marc Lowenstein
Marie Laveau: Lori Kaye Miller
Baron Samedi: Paul Berkolds
Woman/Dealer: Julianna Di Giacomo
Nurse 1: Karen Frankenstein
Nurse 2: Donita Volkwijn
Excerpt 1(7:00)
Two nurses take a smoke break on the roof and imagine escaping the destroyed city.
Excerpt 2(2:10)
An anxious woman on an airplane returns to Crescent City.
Excerpt 3(3:16)
Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau confronts the loa Baron Samedi on the fate of the city.
