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The Village Opera

Composer Lee Scott creates a quirky interactive world in his collaborative opera The Village.

(Appropriate for 12 and Up. Some Cartoon Violence.)

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Libertaria: The Virtual Opera

In a post-USSA dystopia the teen Libertaria escapes from a genetics factory and teams up with her father to defeat evil geneticists with a cyborg army.

(Film Appropriate for Ages 14 and Up, Video Game Violence and Drug References. 

Please get your parent's permission before watching Libertaria.)

Go to the Official Libertaria Website

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COMPOSER QUESTION AND ANSWER ABOUT ALICIA AND THE WHITE RABBIT

• Describe Alicia and the White Rabbit.


The children’s opera Alicia and the White Rabbit follows the tale of the young Alicia who lives with her ailing Abuela in the late 21^st century Nueva York. When Alicia finds out that she will have to go to the Longheart Manor Children’s Home Alicia runs away into the Nueva York sewers where she encounters a magical White Rabbit that seems vaguely familiar. She must work with the White Rabbit to defeat the Queen of Broken Hearts, and in the end she learns a valuable lesson about the importance of family.

• Why did you choose to tell this story as an opera?


Unlike the more musically challenging opera Libertaria, Alicia and the White Rabbit has a simplified musical form that combines the music of Latin America with classical opera appropriate for children. After creating Libertaria, which had an audience for teens and adults, I wanted to recreate an urban tale in a way that would appeal to children and younger teens that also had a diverse cast and touched on very real issues that children must deal with today like loss of family, the foster system, and illness. Framing it in a familiar story allows children to truly experience the opera with familiarity.

• Why have you chosen this subject?


While inspired by a very popular tale, Alicia and the White Rabbit is a modernized tale, centering on the Latina child Alicia who lives with her ill Abuela in the decaying futuristic Nueva York. Alicia is a child, so all is seen through her eyes, but she also must deal with very real issues of losing family, possible foster care, reuniting with her long lost father, and even the ramifications of running away. In the end she learns that she is truly brave and able to forgive, but not until she has a wild adventure with a White Rabbit in the sewers of Nueva York.