AN ODE TO GENERATIONS OF REBEL WOMEN
Lotus Lives explores the journey of Lily, granddaughter of Chinese immigrants, imprisoned in the straitjacket of a strict and alienating education, trying to discover her identity through the groundbreaking feminist aspirations of her grandmother. The story unfolds like the lotus flower after which the opera is named, simultaneously on-screen and on-stage, in a shifting panorama of singers, instrumentalists, video projections and puppet theater. Musically, the opera acts as a laboratory where numerous styles meet, incorporating among others slam poetry, traditional Chinese music and pop music, each treated in a lyrical and operatic style. A colorful, rhythmic and feminist work, Lotus Lives is an ode to generations of rebel women.
CREATIVE TEAM
Su Lian Tan | Composer
Anne Babson | Libretto
Tim Bartlett | Video Production