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AS ONE

As One is a chamber opera in which two voices—Hannah younger (baritone) and Hannah older (mezzo-soprano)—share the part of a sole transgender protagonist. Fifteen songs comprise the three-part narrative; with empathy and humor, they trace Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years—and finally traveling alone to a different country, where she realizes some truths about herself.

As One is one of the most produced contemporary operas in the world and according to Opera News is: “A piece that haunts and challenges its audience with questions about identity, authenticity, compassion and the human desire for self-love and peace.”

Steamboat Opera’s production of As One is historic; for the first time in its performance history, the cast, director and conductor will all be members of the transgender community.

September 24, 2022
at Strings Music Pavilion at 7pm

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Creative Team

Laura Kaminsky
Laura Kaminsky
Cited by The Washington Post as “one of the top 35 female composers in classical music,” Laura Kaminsky’s works are “masterful” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “full of fire as well as ice, contrasting dissonance and violence with tonal beauty and meditative reflection. It is strong stuff.” (American Record Guide). Hometown to the World (librettist Kimberly Reed; Santa Fe/San Francisco Operas: Opera For All Voices Consortium) premieres in 2020. Wright (librettist Andrea Fellows Walters) premieres with Dayton Opera (2021). Composer Mentor for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, Kaminsky is head of composition at Purchase College Conservatory of Music /SUNY. She serves on the boards of Opera America and the Hermitage Artist Retreat. Scores: Bill Holab Music. Recordings: Albany, Bridge, BSS, CRI, Capstone, Mode, MSR labels. She is a BMI composer.
Kimberly Reed
Kimberly Reed
Filmmaker and writer Kimberly Reed was recently commissioned by a consortium of opera companies led by Santa Fe and San Francisco Opera to write Hometown to the World, premiering in 2020. She co-wrote the libretti for Today It Rains (Opera Parallèle) and Some Light Emerges (Houston Grand Opera) with Mark Campbell. Her song cycle “Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin” premiered at the Library of Congress in 2017. Reed’s written work is published in “The Moth,” a New York Times best-seller. Her documentary film Prodigal Sons won 14 awards and was released in theaters and broadcast worldwide. Her Sundance award-winning 2018 documentary Dark Money was promptly named by Vogue magazine as one of the 66 “Best Documentaries of All Time” and shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
Mark Campbell
Mark Campbell
The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning work of librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell is at the forefront of the contemporary opera scene in this country. He has written 40 opera librettos, lyrics for 7 musicals, text for 6 song cycles and 5 oratorios. His best-known works are Silent Night, The Shining, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Cree, Sanctuary Road, Later the Same Evening and Songs from an Unmade Bed. In 2021, Mark created the first award for librettists in the history of opera: the annual Campbell Opera Librettist PrizeAs One collaborators, he also recently helped create the True Voice Award to help with the training of transgender singers. Premieres in 2022 include: A Sweet Silent in Cremona for Teatro Comunale Ponchielli, Unruly Sun for Orchestre Classique de Montréal, Edward Tulane for Minnesota Opera, A Year to the Day for The Violin Channel, A Thousand Acres for Des Moines Metro Opera, and A Nation of Others for the Oratorio Society of New York. www.markcampbellwords.com