The Arts: Opera
“Romania: Revolution 1989”
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) commissioned Roanoke composer Aaron Garber on this opera project about the Romanian revolution that led to the overthrow of Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.
The full-length opera with a total cast, orchestra, and crew of over 130 premiered in Timișoara, Romania,
on December 15, 2019, the 30th anniversary of the start of the Timișoara uprising.
Photo caption: From Romanian premiere, Scott Williamson as Nicolae Ceausescu on the balcony
addresses communist supporters below on left and student protesters on right.
The full-length opera with a total cast, orchestra, and crew of over 130 premiered in Timișoara, Romania,
on December 15, 2019, the 30th anniversary of the start of the Timișoara uprising.
Photo caption: From Romanian premiere, Scott Williamson as Nicolae Ceausescu on the balcony
addresses communist supporters below on left and student protesters on right.
To view this opera on YouTube click on link below to go to composer Aaron Garber’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQADg2WMpKN1pBiDhFM75w/
The audience in the opera house was primarily made up of people who were students active in the 1989 uprising in Timișoara, while most of the onstage “students” were their offspring, portraying and celebrating their parents’ struggle for liberty in 1989. No wonder there were several standing ovations!
For more information about this entire project, please see AGAR’s “Opera Archive” page on this website: http://www.amherstglebeartsresponse.org/opera-archives.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQADg2WMpKN1pBiDhFM75w/
The audience in the opera house was primarily made up of people who were students active in the 1989 uprising in Timișoara, while most of the onstage “students” were their offspring, portraying and celebrating their parents’ struggle for liberty in 1989. No wonder there were several standing ovations!
For more information about this entire project, please see AGAR’s “Opera Archive” page on this website: http://www.amherstglebeartsresponse.org/opera-archives.html
