Theater/Opera at Cal Performances
Our 2022–23 season features the three premieres: William Kentridge’s SIBYL, inspired by the Greek myth of the Cumaean Sibyl, and wrestles with the human desire to know our future; Michel van der Aa’s Blank Out, a chamber opera about tragedy, memory, and loss; and Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, following a young Black woman through a dystopian, apocalyptic American future.
2022–23 Theater/Opera Events Calendar
Theater/Opera, Illuminations: Human and Machine
Ursonate
Performed by William Kentridge
Mar 10, 2023, 8pm
Theater/Opera, Illuminations: Human and Machine
A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano and Handbag
Performed by Joanna Dudley
Mar 15, 2023, 7:30pm
Theater/Opera, Illuminations: Human and Machine
William Kentridge’s
SIBYL
US Premiere
With music composed and conceived by Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd
Mar 17–19, 2023
Theater/Opera, Illuminations: Human and Machine, New Music
Michel van der Aa’s
Blank Out
West Coast Premiere
Apr 28–29, 2023
Theater/Opera, Illuminations: Human and Machine
Octavia E. Butler’s
Parable of the Sower
Bay Area Premiere
May 5–6, 2023
