Fractured Mosaics: a live virtual opera

ABOUT FRACTURED MOSAICS

Fractured Mosaics responds to the surge in Asian American hate. The term “Asian American” is a social and political construct which groups together 20 different ethnic groups originating from more than half the earth’s land mass. Though loosely bound by the color of our skin, we are not a monolith. Our different cultural and political histories are deeply embedded in our origin memories. We struggle to explain what it means to live in a yellow skin – a skin which is not dark enough to deserve protection from violence or discrimination; a skin which is not white enough to be accorded the privileges of whiteness. How do we explain the insidiousness of “yellow racism”?

These four scenes by four Asian American composer/writer teams bound together by musical interludes say what words can only say, inadequately. They show what we dream of, what we struggle with and how we triumph. We are often fractured; but when we come together, the fractured mosaics form something beautiful.

VIDEO TRAILER HERE

COMPOSER + LIBRETTIST TEAMS
BANANA KETCHUP
When Simon, a young medical student of Filipino descent meets his biological mother for the first time, they bond over her home-made bottle of banana ketchup, the quintessential Filipino condiment.

Nilo Alcala: COMPOSER     Deepali Gupta: LIBRETTIST

NORFOLK
Eighty-nine-year-old Dr. Sing is transported from present-day Norfolk, Virginia, back to 1947 and to the Oriental Chop Suey Café, where he is once again a teenager, learning the harsher realities of being Chinese American in the American South and the power of dreaming.

Randall Eng: COMPOSER    Monique Truong: LIBRETTIST

MUSIC BOX BIRD
Through the metaphor of two songbirds, an Asian American woman discovers her inner power to overcome her restrictive upbringing and free herself.

Ben Kono: COMPOSER     Cerise Lim Jacobs: LIBRETTIST

WE MEET AT THE WATER
A daughter in NYC speaks with her mother in Cambodia through the water that separates them, and which will soon overcome Mother’s village. A moving music-theatre piece exploring the impact of climate change on families around the world.

Liliya Ugay: COMPOSER     Sokunthary Svay: LIBRETTIST

INTERLUDES
Jason Chu: WRITER + PERFORMER     Randall Eng: COMPOSER

CREATIVE TEAM
Cerise Lim Jacobs: OPERA MAKER

Tian Hui Ng: MUSIC DIRECTOR

Laine Rettmer: STAGE DIRECTOR

Nuozhou Wang: PROJECTIONS DESIGNER

PRODUCTION & TECHNICAL TEAM
Milan Eldridge: STAGE MANAGER

Lyndsey Hawkes: ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Jon Robertson: AUDIO ENGINEER

Eduardo Berganza: UNREAL TECHNICAL ARTIST

Greg McGuire: BROADCAST ENGINEER

Curvin Huber: DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION

Paola Almonte: ANIMATOR

Mengliu Lu: 3D MODELER

Senia Novak: 3D MODELER

Hannah Huling: PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

CAST
Angela Yam: SOPRANO

Chihiro Asano: MEZZO

Ziwen Xiang: TENOR

Junhan Choi: BARITONE

ORCHESTRA
Angela Santiago: VICTORY PLAYERS ENSEMBLE MANAGER

Elly Toyoda: VIOLIN/VIOLA

Clare Monfredo: CELLO

Eric Shultz: FLUTE/CLARINET

Nathan Ben Yehuda: PIANO