EJF: BAKUNAWA – Opera of the Seven Moons | Micaela Tobin
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Part sonic ritual, part diasporic storytelling, BAKUNAWA: Opera of the Seven Moons is an immersive, experimental opera film based on Micaela Tobin's critically-acclaimed album of the same name that reclaims the pre-colonial mythology of the Philippines back from centuries of violent, colonial erasure. Released by Deathbomb Arc in June 2020, BAKUNAWA was recently listed the #9 Release of 2020 in The Wire Magazine.
A first-generation Filipina-American, Los Angeles-based soprano and sound artist Micaela Tobin, with additional composition and orchestration by Rhea Fowler, brings her voice out of the imperialist walls of the opera hall and onto the California coast facing the Pacific ocean—creating a sonic bridge to the Philippine Islands from which her ancestral myth originates.
This performance is part of EJF, a weeklong mini-festival chock-full of music, mini-classes, films, and more. EJF is all-day, all-ages.
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