Wild Up with Ted Hearne & Chana Porter: 'The Dispossessed' Workshop

A work-in-progress showing of a new musical-theatrical-operatic adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s seminal work of science fiction, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, by composer Ted Hearne and librettist Chana Porter. Through Le Guin’s nuanced allegory of individualism vs collectivism, The Dispossessed  is a timely exploration of borders, freedom, utopia, and revolution. The workshop features six vocalists and selections from the score in development, with Christopher Rountree of Wild Up conducting and providing music direction. 

Score commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation, Library of Congress, Yale Schwarzman Center, and Wild Up.  

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