

The libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo is based on a community story-telling project in Seattle, where the work had its premiere in 2017 Set in World War II, the text concerns the Kobayashi family forced into internment camps by the US government. Like Fellow Travelers, An American Dream is a chamber work, with its cast of five principals accompanied by a fifteen-member ensemble and conducted by Daniela Candillari.

The Chicago premiere of Jack Perla’s An American Dream is the latest offering by Lyric Unlimited, a venue that included the opera Fellow Travelers last season. (JLZ) So Young Park, Catherine Martin, & Christopher Magiera

United States Jack Perla, An American Dream: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Daniela Candillari (conductor), Harris Theater, Chicago.
