Representation & Responsibility: #Time'sUp, #MeToo, & Women in Opera
The 90-minute conversation will be followed by a light reception. It's free to attend, but RSVPs required due to limited capacity.
Panelists
ADRIENNE DAVIS
Washington University William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law & Vice Provost
Adrienne Davis is renowned for her scholarship and teaching on gender and race relations, theories of justice and reparations, feminist legal theory, and law and popular culture.
MONICA DEWEY
Soprano
Monica Dewey was last seen at Opera Theatre in Blitzstein 's Regina (2018), and she will return for the 2019 season as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro.
HEATHER HADLOCK
Associate Professor of M usic at Stanford University
Heather Hadlock 's work focuses on 18th and 19th century French and Italian opera, feminist criticism and gender studies, and French Romanticism.
HANA SHARIF
Artistic Director Designate at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Hana Sharif is an artistic leader, director, playwright , and producer who has launched play development programs, expanded community engagement initiatives, and produced award-winning shows.
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This event is presented in partnership with Opera Theatre St. Louis
Made possible in part by the Fred M. Saigh Endowmentat Opera Theatre and by the Sally S. Levy Family Fund for New Works, which provides support for contemporary opera and related community engagement activities. Leadership support comes from the Whitaker Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Centene Charitable Foundation, Noémi & Michael Neidorff, and the Berges Family Foundation.
This production is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and made possible by an OPERA America Innovation Grant, supported by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. Major production support is provided by Wells Fargo Advisors, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, and OPERA America’s Opera Fund. Audience development programming for this project is made possible by PNC Arts Alive. A generous endowment gift from the late Pris McDonnell supports composer and librettist residencies.
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