• Premiere: October 2021 / Resonance Works / DeCameron Opera Coalition

• Instrumentation: three treble voices, violin, contrabass, and piano

• Duration: 12:00

• Words by Gilda Lyons

• Illustration by Chris Lyons

Sourdough: Rise Up

Everyday life in the spring of COVID-19 is refracted through a graphic-novel lens as three friends—Shazam, Rockstar, and Boss—wrestle with the changing world around them and their place in it. Linked by a shared sourdough starter, these normal-person superheroes consider their fears and the small, ordinary acts of courage that define them. Together, they reach toward hope, celebrating resilience, change, honesty, and the boundless possibility of freshly baked deliciousness.

Premiere Cast:

Shazam - Joanna Latini

Rockstar - Tess Altiveros

Boss - Brittany Renee

Producer & Conductor - Maria Sensi Sellner

Piano - James Lesniak

Violin - Sandro Leal-Santiesteban

Double Bass - Jesica Sharp Crewe

Recording & Audio Engineer - Kristian Tchetchko

Commissioned by Resonance Works
Music and text by Gilda Lyons
Illustration by Chris Lyons