the falling and the rising [redler & dye]
[04/2022] [collegiate premiere]
composer | ZACH REDLER
librettist | JERRE DYE
conductor | TOM ZELLE
scenic designer | ALAN SCHWANKE
costume designer | KATE SETZER KAMPHAUSEN
lighting designer | LEVERT WILKINS
photographer | PHIL DEMBINSKI
contemporary chamber opera
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The Soldier (Catherine Larson) calls home...
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...whilst on active duty in the Middle East
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After an IED puts the Soldier into a coma...
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...she's visited by visions of other soldiers...
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...including recruit Toldeo (Amelia Harlovic)...
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...drill sargeant Jumper (Diana Monacelli)...
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![](https://carbon-media.accelerator.net/00000009c7b/b6eEKhlcJSHbpTpgMfwc88;582x872.png?auto=webp)
![](https://carbon-media.accelerator.net/00000009c7b/2f0KTUCKvJNcmw5p7RSNOc;944x628.png?auto=webp)
...a widowed Colonel (Elisha MacKal)...
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...and a handicapped vet (Samuel Varghese).
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The opera ends as the Soldier regains consciousness...
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...and a deeper understanding of family, faith and service.