Why do we hurt the ones we love most? Does technology bring us closer in connection, or only create combat? We explore these themes in this Baroque opera, sung and played live with acoustic and electronic instruments in an adapted modern score. Dancers represent the virtual battle taking place between Tancredi and Clorinda, two people who care deeply about each other, but who can’t seem to get past their ideological differences. Will the combat lead to reconciliation or death? Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Length: 30 minutes

In collaboration with NEXT Ensemble, Opera Contempo presents “The Combat” by Claudio Monteverdi, adapted by David Campbell;
starring:
Narrator: Hilary Koolhoven
Tancredi: Anna Hawkes
Clorinda: Alyssa Liu
Dancer Tancredi: Aimee Pike.
Dancer Clorinda: Karllen Johnson

Directed by Emilio Casillas
Choreographed by Karllen Johnson
Conducted by Yvette Gilgen

First violin: Jose Flores
Second violin: Christine Warren
Viola: Laura Barker
Cello: Ciera Rasmussen
Bass: Daniel Tracy
Electronic Harpsichord: Caleb Saunders

Lighting Designer: Dan Pack
Projections: Grace Heinz and Matt Mitchell