Performance - Fire and Blue Sky
Thursday, June 06, 2024 at 07:30pm
Los Angeles Opera
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 North Grand Avenue
Russell Thomas and Deborah Nansteel star in a moving world premiere
Every family has secrets. This family is grappling with the fallout.
Russell is just a regular kid growing up beneath the shade of Miami palms, but everything changes when a family secret is inadvertently revealed. Join us for this heartfelt journey of a mother and son moving past their pain and toward hope and healing.
Tenor Russell Thomas shares his remarkable true story in the world premiere of Fire and Blue Sky, from Emmy-winning composer Joel Thompson and celebrated LA poet Imani Tolliver.
Deborah Nansteel stars opposite Russell Thomas in this one-night-only concert work, backed by the LA Opera Orchestra under the baton of Lina González-Granados.
Discover the origin story of an artist: Fire and Blue Sky is at LA Opera on June 6, and tickets start at $16.
