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Barcelona, Map of Shadows


  • NYU Skirball Center 566 LaGuardia Pl New York, NY 10012 United States (map)

Barcelona, Map of Shadows had a work shop Sept 30 - Oct 4, this opera based on a play by Lluïsa Cunillé about the intimacies and entaglements of a gentrifying city and the spectre of Fascism.
It will Premiere 2026 at The Skirball Center NYU.

Mikael Karlsson — Composer 
Mallory Catlett — Librettist

Cast:
John Kelly — Sopranist 
Patricia Schuman — Soprano 
Lauren Flanigan — Soprano 
David Greenspan — Bari-Tenor 
Mikaela Bennetts — Soprano 

International Contemporary Ensemble:
Rebekah Heller — Conductor
Levy Lorenzo — Sound Engineer & Electronics
Josh Rubin — Clarinet 
Kyra Simms — French Horn
Garrett Flowers — Trumpet 

Development of Barcelona, Map of Shadows is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Pending support by the National Endowment of the Arts and OPERA America's Opera Grants for Female conductors program.

Earlier Event: September 26
One Drop - Libretto Reading
Later Event: October 10
Opera Maker Lab