The Comet / Poppea
Fri, Jun 14
|Los Angeles
Friday, June 14 at 8:00pm (World Premiere) Saturday, June 15 at 8:00pm Sunday, June 16 at 2:00pm Tuesday, June 18 at 8:00pm Thursday, June 20 at 5:00pm & 8:00pm Friday, June 21 at 5:00pm & 8:00pm Saturday, June 22 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm Sunday, June 23 at 2:00pm
Time & Location
Jun 14, 2024, 7:00 PM – Jun 23, 2024, 11:00 PM
Los Angeles, 152 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
About the event
Friday, June 14 at 8:00pm (World Premiere) Saturday, June 15 at 8:00pm Sunday, June 16 at 2:00pm Tuesday, June 18 at 8:00pm Thursday, June 20 at 5:00pm & 8:00pm Friday, June 21 at 5:00pm & 8:00pm Saturday, June 22 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm Sunday, June 23 at 2:00pm
COMPOSED BY GEORGE LEWIS
LIBRETTO BY DOUGLAS KEARNEY
CONCEPT & DIRECTION BY YUVAL SHARON
The Comet / Poppea brings together seemingly disparate worlds connected by stories of cultural transformation. The work juxtaposes Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea), an Italian opera from 1643 unfolding among the social divisions of ancient Rome; and the world premiere of The Comet, based on the 1924 science-fiction short story by sociologist and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. Set in 1920s New York City, “The Comet” depicts a Black man and white woman as the only survivors after a comet hits Earth.
Presented on a turntable divided in two halves, these…