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kallisti presents The Four Note Opera

Friday, April 28th, 2023 7:00 pm

Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater

General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This concert will not be livestreamed.


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An hour long opera for voices and piano that only uses four pitches, and is full of variety, expression and hilarious to boot - too good to be true, right?  Not at all!  Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera  has been an underground favorite since its premiere in 1972.  Supremely well-crafted for the vocalists and written in the minimalist style,  Johnson’s tale is a joyous and bouyant look at idosyncracies (!) of beloved genre of opera, as well as  the charming foibles of those who perform it.  

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
*no late seating!

Conrad Prebys Music Center
Experimental Theater

kallisti vocal ensemble

Susan Narucki, artistic director
Samantha Fox, stage direction
Natalie Barshow, costume design
Elba Emicente Sanchez, lighting design
Michael Wogulis, production design
Jared Blake Halsell, production stage manager 

Mariana Flores Bucio, soprano
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
Jonathan Nussman, baritone
Miguel Zazueta, tenor
Kyle Adam Blair, pianist


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