Soldier Songs
Thursday, October 5, 2023 @ 7PM
Music & Libretto by David T. Little
Chicago Premiere
COT+ Series
Inventive and Intimate Presentations that Enhance Chicago Opera Theater’s Full Opera Season
#cotsoldier
Timeline for the evening:
Enjoy a Golden Hour concert at 5PM in the Café Bar with COT’s Young Artists
The Behind the Spotlight Talk begins at 6PM inside the theater
General Admission Seating begins at 6:30PM
Opera begins at 7PM
VIP post show reception begins at 8PM (VIP tickets required)
You might like this if…
Metallica is in your Spotify recently played list
You have “Saving Private Ryan” saved on your Netflix queue
Or
You want to hear one of the most celebrated singers in the world in an exceptionally intimate setting
The ~Vibe~
Rock Concert, One Man’s Journey, War Stories
The Story
Drawing from recorded conversations with veterans, David T. Little’s Soldier Songs combines classical music and heavy metal in a theatrical cantata that follows the life of a soldier in three phases: Youth, Warrior, and Elder. The highly-charged monodrama, with its driving music and unflinching libretto, offers a compelling and honest description of the psychological impact of war. Renowned baritone David Adam Moore stars in this powerful and haunting piece.
What is the Epiphany Center?
Through a creative adaptive reuse, developers and husband and wife team David Chase & Kimberly Rachal turned a former 1885 Episcopal church on Chicago’s West Side into an arts center for visual, performing and culinary arts.
Chase and Rachal adapted the former church’s interior, exterior and its 1953 parish building for the purposes of the arts center and made the structures 100% ADA accessible.
The space is now home to an eclectic collection of art galleries, resident artist studios, classroom spaces, four performing arts venues and three event spaces!
Epiphany Center FAQs
Where is it?
Located on the edge of the vibrant West Loop neighborhood, The Epiphany Center is at
201 S Ashland Avenue.
Is there parking?
It’s very easy to get to the Epiphany Center! There are two “Pay To Park” lots located within a half block of Epiphany at 1608 W. Adams and 1640 W. Jackson, in addition to ample metered and unmetered parking surrounding the Center. To find and reserve a space check out SpotHero.
Via public transportation, Epiphany is:
0.5 miles south of the Ashland Pink/Green Line L train stop
0.4 miles northwest of the Racine Blue L train stop
Closest to the #9 Ashland & Adams bus stop, #20 Madison & Ashland bus stop, #126 Van Buren & Ashland, and the Jackson & Laflin Express
The Vibes of Soldier Songs
Hear David Adam Moore on the 2013 critically acclaimed commercial recording of Soldier Songs, released by Innova Recordings.
Creative Team
Composer & Libretto: David T. Little
Conductor: Lidiya Yankovskaya
Soldier Songs Inspiration Playlist by
composer/librettist David T. Little
Cast
The Soldier: David Adam Moore
Soldier Songs is sponsored in part by The Amphion Foundation
By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner.
Soldier Songs was originally scheduled in spring 2020 as a full mainstage production in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects.