interplay – art+opera

The Art Base and TACAW partnered to bring Interplay: Art + Opera, an interdisciplinary, collaborative project conceived of by three Denver-Based performers, Kira Dills-DeSurra (Mezzo-Soprano), Leah Podzimek (Soprano), and Jessica Nilles Kressin (Piano), to the Roaring Fork Valley.
15 contemporary artists of all mediums from the Roaring Fork Valley responded to the preview opera performance and will exhibit their work at the Art Base. The same music will be performed live during the opening reception so that audiences, artists, and musicians join together in sound and color, making for a multi-sensorial art experience.

vedere l’opera
mixed-media comprised of 3d prints, inkjets on canvas, mounted on wood panels
twelve 10″ x 10″ panels

vedere l’opera – installation view at The Art Base
Original Program (October 2022)
Part 1 – Love is a rebellious bird
Habañera from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
“Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta by Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Sull’aria from Le nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
“Faites-lui mes aveux” from Faust by Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
“Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” from Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Part 2 – Without regret
“Les chemins de l’amour” by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
“Tu che di gel sei cinta” from Turandot by Puccini (1858-1924)
“Must the winter come so soon” from Vanessa by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“My darling Jim” from Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo (1956-)
“Allerseelen” by Richard Strauss (1894-1949)
“Donde lieta” from La bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)