Fringe Festival: Dark Sisters

Boston University Opera Institute and School of Theatre present "Dark Sisters" (Chamber Version) composed by Nico Muhly, libretto by Stephen Karam, arranged by Nate Thatcher. The opera follows one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the FLDS Church (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints), a sect that split from mainstream Mormonism in the early 20th Century largely because of the LDS Church’s renunciation of polygamy. The male founders of the Mormon faith (Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, chief among them) loom large in American history; Dark Sisters puts the women front and center. • Conductor: Gordon Cheung • Music Director: Allison Voth • Stage Director: Rose Freeman

The Boston University Fringe Festival is an annual a collaboration between the College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre. The festival’s mission is to produce new or rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, bringing performances and audiences together in unique theatrical settings. For over two decades, Fringe Festival at Boston University has celebrated and amplified new work, shown in spare and minimal productions.

"Dark Sisters" (Chamber Version) is presented under license from G. Schirmer, Inc. o/b/o Chester Music Ltd./ St. Rose Music Publishing Co., copyright owners.