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FULL Forsyth County is Flooding with the Joy of Lake Lanier (Marcus Norris) Atlanta 2024 Kevin Thompson, Minka Wiltz, Andrew Gilstrap
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier)
- Composer: Norris Marcus
- Libretto: Marcus Norris, Adamma Ebo Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
- Recorded: June 15, 2024
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Kevin Thompson, Minka Wiltz, Andrew Gilstrap, Marnie Breckenridge, Ronnita Miller
- Conductor: Chaowen Ting
- Orchestra:
- Choreographer: Dell Howlett
- Stage Director: Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
- Stage Designer: Kat Conley
- Costume Designer: Jarrod Barnes
- Lighting Designer: Bradley Bergeron
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Atlanta Opera
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Selected as winner of the inaugural 96-Hour Opera Project Showcase in 2022, Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier) is the first new opera launched from the annual competition. The one-act dark comedy explores some of Georgia’s terrifying, uncomfortable, and uncanny happenings at Lake Lanier in Forsyth County, Georgia. In what might just be a modern-day ghost story: a private detective and a witch, who claims to be connected to spirits are hired to uncover a weird supernatural mystery happening—puddles. Everywhere …