Gilda Lyons - Sourdough: Rise Up
Commissioned and produced for Tales from a Safe Distance, the inaugural project of the Decameron Opera Coalition, the partnership of 9 indie opera companies that Resonance Works co-founded in 2020
Everyday life in the spring of COVID-19 is refracted through a graphic-novel lens as three friends—Shazam, Rockstar, and Boss—wrestle with the changing world around them and their place in it. Linked by a shared sourdough starter, these normal-person superheroes consider their fears and the small, ordinary acts of courage that define them. Together, they reach toward hope, celebrating resilience, change, honesty, and the boundless possibility of freshly baked deliciousness.
Gilda Lyons - Composer & Librettist
Chris Lyons - Illustrator
Joanna Latini - Shazam
Tess Altiveros - Rockstar
Brittany Renee - Boss
Sandro Leal-Santiesteban - violin
Jesica Sharp Crewe - double bass
James Lesniak - piano
Maria Sensi Sellner - conductor & producer
Kristian Tchetchko - recording engineer
