8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Central
Tourism Related Event
Damien Geter and Lila Palmer's American Apollo gives voice to a pivotal figure in American art: Thomas Eugene McKeller, a Black hotel worker who served as model and muse for famous portraitist John Singer Sargent. Themes of erasure, the white gaze and the nature of the relationship between the two men are explored in this powerful new work which makes its full-length world premiere at Des Moines Metro Opera in 2024.
This world premiere opera features baritone Justin Austin as Thomas Eugene McKeller, tenor William Burden making a company debut as John Singer Sargent, soprano Mary Dunleavy as Isabella Stewart Gardner, and DMMO Marshall and Judy Flapan Music Director and Principal Conductor David Neely leading the production alongside stage director Shaun Patrick Tubbs, who makes his company debut.
Tickets start at $50. Order online or call the DMMO Box Office at 515-209-3257 to order!
Blank Performing Arts Center
513 North D St
Indianola, IA 50125
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(phone: 515-209-3257)
Tickets start at $50. Order online or call the DMMO Box Office at 515-209-3257 to order!
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