Music for New Bodies - May 22 - An Opera for Our Times
Arts & Culture
SRQ DAILY FRIDAY WEEKEND EDITION
FRIDAY MAY 22, 2026 |
Matthew Aucoin’s “Music for New Bodies,” created in collaboration with acclaimed director Peter Sellars, is a bold operatic meditation on humanity’s shifting place in the natural world. Premiered in 2024, this one-act visionary operetta fuses the poetic texts of Jorie Graham with visceral soundscapes for five singers, an 18-piece chamber orchestra, lighting, and electronics. Aucoin crafts a work that is at once urgent and transcendent, while Sellars’ visionary staging brings the music into striking visual focus. Presented in an historic collaboration with EnsembleNEWSRQ, this Sarasota premiere at the Sarasota Opera House invites you to imagine new forms of life, connection, and transformation.
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