A woman arrives home to answer a phone call from her ex-lover. He tells her he is getting married the next morning. For the next hour, she tries to win him back. In this production, a long piece of string represents the telephone. As the woman traverses a range of emotions on the call, from desire to devastation, the string catches on objects around the room, creating an inescapable web.
Our mission is to physically map the emotional journey of the protagonist, making this opera more accessible to audience members who are new to the art form. The piece will be presented at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research the weekend of January 2nd, 2026, starring soprano Jamila Drecker-Waxman. This production marks the inaugural project of the Modernized Opera Initiative (M.O.I.), a collective of opera-makers seeking to reinvigorate the operatic canon and share its unique storytelling power with new audiences.