Celebrating composer Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, SFJAZZ and San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle re-team for this world premiere production that links Bernstein’s classic 1952 one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti with San Francisco-based composer Jake Heggie’s 2005 work At the Statue of Venus – a unique San Francisco-only collaboration that celebrates the American voice in opera and its continuing legacy, featuring a cutting-edge production including atmospheric visual projections, costumes, and staging.
Having assisted in media design for two iterations of this production for Opera Parallèle, the media below is some of what I worked on for each. The 2018 production was paired with Jake Heggie's "At the Statue of Venus" for which I animated the mixed media artwork of Sherry Parker. A few of those animated pieces are below. The short film is from the 2013 production.
Directed by Brian Staufenbiel
Original Artwork by Sherry Parker
Media Design by David Murakami and myself
Media Design by David Murakami and myself
