FULL The Tree (Healey) Los Angeles 2022 Mesopotamian Opera Company
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Tree  
- Composer: Healey Peter Wing   
- Libretto: Peter Wing Healey    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Highland Park Ebell Club, Los Angeles, California, Mesopotamian Opera Company  
- Recorded: May 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Eric Castro, Camila Lima, Victoria Fox, Ben Finer, Vincent McPherson, Andi Dana, Mariana Ramirez, Christa Marie Stevens, Natalia Ferreiro, Bruce Anderson, Camille Cardinale, David Herrington
- Conductor: James Lent  
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble  
- Stage Director:   
- Costume Designer:   
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Peter Healey  
- Date Published: 2022  
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs  
- Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Broadway World:
THE TREE is an exciting, eclectic, colorful, captivating and melodic operatic re-telling of an ancient Japanese myth combined with the story of today’s struggle to build great cities, provide adequate housing and save the environment.
The spirit of a centuries-old oak tree on a ridge outside a small town falls in love with a young man from the town. She comes out of her tree and marries him when his first marriage falls apart. They move to the great city where he will pursue his dream of becoming an architect. His ex-wife, taking custody of their son, marries again, this time to a local developer. When, years later, the developer decides to build a mega-mall outside the now growing town it becomes clear that he plans to cut down the old tree. The son joins with a band of tree-sitters to protest the construction. The town is polarized. The architect and the tree spirit watch helplessly as the situation deteriorates. When the tree is finally felled she dies, but in the process he receives the gift of a vision that will enable him to transform the world.