All Libretti

Black Square, opera
Moscow, 2018
Urbana, IL, 2024

The Last Day of the Eternal City, an oratorio
Staged work for choir, soloists, and ensemble
Zaryadye Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia, 2021

Venetian Cycle
an art song cycle for baritone, soprano and a string quartet + harp

original idea, libretto and poetry by Olga Maslova, composer Ilya Demutsky.

First produced as a part of Six World Premieres, Lyric Theatre @ Illinois,  May 2, 2023, Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL. The Illinois Modern Ensemble. Conductor Julie Jordan Gunn, projection design Eme Ospina-López 

This six-part cycle dwells on the dark mysteries of medieval Venice during the time of the Carnival and the Bubonic Plague, set in the darkly famous quarantine island Lazzaretto Vecchio ("Old Lazaret") that housed a hospital during the plague epidemics and the Jewish ghetto of Venice.