Opera
The Way the Sky Looks (Matthew Shreve)
NYU Paulson Center, 2025
Legazpi, Philippines: an empty house in the country. The dark before sunrise. A woman on a lawn chair, dressed in black, carries a bouquet of roses. From the brush, a deer approaches. A 45-minute chamber opera exploring loss, perspective, and countless lives lived beneath a single sky.
In this "biting," satirical horror opera, an Upper East Side mother has only a few hours left to cook the roast and set the table before Mr. Rochester, Papa’s boss, arrives for dinner. Good thing she has her darling twins, Bonnie and Beau, to help her decide on the special ingredient! What'll it be?
Granite Planet, 2024 / Seattle Opera, 2023 | Commissioned for Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab 2022/23
Chop Chop! (Grace Oberhofer)
A Stranger at the Door (Daniel J.F. Wolfert)
Seattle Opera, 2022 | Commissioned for Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab 2021/22
A post-apocalyptic chamber opera. From the safety of their small, metal ark, sisters Anna and Miriam anxiously brace for a cataclysmic flood. When they spot a stranger approaching on the horizon, Anna insists they offer them shelter – but Miriam fears letting a stranger on board.
The Mold & I (Dan VanHassel)
Washington National Opera, 2026 (forthcoming) | Commissioned for American Opera Initiative 2025/26
Moving out is stressful under normal circumstances — but what Kerry has to worry about is the sentient mold in her closet begging her to stay. In a final effort to make it up to the Mold, Kerry recruits her boyfriend, Devon, to help her throw a farewell party.