American Soprano Julie Liston Johnson will sing the role of Ellida Wangel in Ray Luedeke's new opera, The Lady from the Sea. Performances on Friday March 14 at 7:00pm at The National Opera Center and on Sunday March 16 at 3:00pm at Symphony Space here in New York City. Tickets can be obtained at Event brite and at The Symphony Space Box office.
“One soloist after another sang beautifully, but the standouts were soprano Julie Liston Johnson ...” Dallas Morning News
An original opera by Ray Luedeke, performed in-concert by 8 singers, with piano and synthesizer: When a mysterious sailor returns to fulfill his promise, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter must choose between her conventional marriage and the mesmerizing allure of the sea. The Lady from the Sea is adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s startlingly modern 19th Century masterpiece. With humor and raw emotion, The Lady from the Sea vibrantly dissects issues of choice, marriage, responsibility and freedom.
Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea was inspired by a Danish folksong. This folk song is the musical springboard and reference point for the opera. “Agnete and the Merman” tells of a woman wooed by a merman to leave this surface world and come live with him, under the sea.