2025 | mezzo-soprano/piano. The Grandmother’s aria from Maya and the Magic Ring.
In the opening aria of Maya and the Magic Ring, the Grandmother offers a song in praise of being present in the moment life gives her — today, today, today — before it fades into the past. Premiered with Lyric Opera of Kansas City with Virginia Reed as the Grandmother, on March 29, 2025 at the Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS.
photo credit: Andrew Schwartz for Lyric Opera of Kansas City.