Blizzard Voices

In 2007 I was commissioned by Opera Omaha to work in collaboration with pulitzer prize-winning Paul Moravec (composer) and U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser (book) on an original operetta entitled 'Blizzard Voices'. Based upon the tragic event known as 'the children's blizzard' which took place in Ord, Nebraska nearly a hundred years previous. For this, I created a series of evocative drawings of Omaha residents in addition to the landscapes and scenery the poems and music brought to mind. These images were then sequenced and projected onstage to frame the singers and bring the storm to the audience.