more than friends: a triptych on queer love through the ages

Three one-act chamber operas from LGBTQIA+ contemporary composers and librettists come together to showcase the magic, poignance, and resilience of queer love.

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Thirst is a 10-minute chamber opera for two femmes that offers a magical realist exploration of intimacy and the tension between one’s desire for partnership and one's desire for independence.

Composer: TJ Rubin
Librettist: Laura Barati
Director: Molly Anders

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Emily & Sue is an a cappella pop opera that uses texts from Emily Dickinson's best-known poetry and love letters between Dickinson and Susan Gilbert to chronicle two days fraught with grief, hope, and sapphic yearning.

Composer: Dana Kaufman
Librettist: Aiden K. Feltkamp
Director: Eliza Woodyard and Ashley Biehl

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Achilles & Patroclus: Through flashes of intimate memories, Achilles remembers his life with the love he lost in this achingly beautiful, unabashedly queer chamber opera for two voices.

Composer: Erika Meyer
Librettist: James Theodore Washburn
Director: Kate Kelley

About Lowbrow Opera Collective

Our vision is for opera to thrive as an evolving art form by telling new and relevant stories to diverse audiences.