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WAYNE SHORTER & ESPERANZA SPALDING’S …(Iphigenia)
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About the Artists
About the Artists
Wayne Shorter
Composer
esperanza spalding
Librettist, Iphigenia of the Open Tense
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Director
Frank Gehry
Set Designer
Montana Blanco
Costume Designer
Mark Grey
Sound Designer
Clark Rundell
Conductor, Additional Orchestrations and Arrangements, Music Dramaturgy
Brenda Pressley
Usher
Arnold Livingston Geis
Agamemnon
Brad Walker
Menelaos
Alexandra Smither
Iphigenia of the Light
Nivi Ravi
Iphigenia the Younger
Eliza Bagg
Iphigenia of the Sea
Kelly Guerra
Iphigenia Unbound, Opera Broadcast Host
Sharmay Musacchio
Iphigenia the Elder
Samuel White
Kalchas
Danilo Pérez
Piano
John Patitucci
Bass
Brian Blade
Drums
Berkeley Symphony
Jen Schriever
Lighting Designer
Cookie Jordan
Hair Designer
Joya Giambrone
Makeup Designer
Sunder Ganglani
Dramaturg
Phillip Golub
Music Dramaturgy and Music Coordinator
Caroline Shaw
Additional Vocal Arrangements
Ganavya Doraiswamy
Additional Text
Joy Harjo
Additional Text
Safiya Sinclair
Additional Text
Teresa Cruz
Assistant Director
Jeff Tang
Executive Creative Producer
Cath Brittan
Producer
Real Magic
Octopus Theatricals
