Community Opera "To The People Like Us" Premieres at The Strand

When:
Saturday, Jun 28, 2025 2:00p -
9:00p

Where:
The Strand Theatre
543 COlumbia Road
Dorchester, MA

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Admission:
FREE

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Categories:
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Event website:
http://www.whitesnakeprojects.org

Celebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant  opera, activist opera company White Snake Projects (WSP) returns to The Strand Theatre, June  28, 2025, for the world premiere of To The People Like Us, in a season dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through art. Marking the company’s inaugural community opera, To The  People Like Us was collaboratively written by  local teenage students of  826  Boston’s Youth Literacy Advisory Board. To The People Like Us is an original timely story exploring issues of gentrification, climate change, and development in Boston. Set to original music by Mexican-American composer Jorge Sosa, a quartet of singers will be accompanied by a classical musical ensemble. 


Program + Ticketing Info: 

To The People Like Us 

June 28, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m. + 7:00 p.m. 

The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA  

Tickets: General Admission, Pay-What-You-Can. For tickets, visit WhiteSnakeProjects.org.


Cast + Creative Team: 

Composer: Jorge Sosa 

Dramaturgs: Cerise Lim Jacobs and Andres Ballesteros 

Musicians: Lilit Hartunian (violin), Colleen Brannen (violin), Justin Ouellet (viola), Linda Hwang (cello), Gillian Dana (bass), Dan Pelletier (percussion), David McGrory (piano) Singers: Nina Evelyn (soprano), Linda Maritza Collazo (mezzo-soprano), Melisa Bonetti Luna (mezzo-soprano), Jesús Daniel Hernández (tenor)  

Lyricists: 826 Boston Youth Literacy Advisory Board writers

Director: Pascale Florestal 

Music Director: Tianhui Ng 


80min w/o intermission; semi-staged; sung in English with subtitles 

 


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