Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Visionary opera director Yuval Sharon presents the 2025 Berlin Family Lectures. Picking up on a line from his new book, A New Philosophy of Opera (2024), Sharon explores the question under his theme of "Anarchy at the Opera": Is opera a standard bearer or a pall bearer for the status quo?
The final lecture concludes with a rare live performance of John Cage’s Europera 5, directed by Sharon, as a demonstration of the ideas explored in his talks.
Cast
Singer 1: Whitney Morrison+
Singer 2: Rolfe Dauz+
Pianist: Jacob Reed**
Dancer 1: Clara Nizard**
Dancer 2: elena rose light**
Team
Director: Yuval Sharon
Assistant Director: Eleni Lefakis*
Production Manager: Brianna Parry++
Production Stage Manager: Mia Maccarella++
Production Coordinator: Jake Snell+
Lighting Designer: Garrett Bell++
Assistant Lighting Designer: Will Rehmus*
Costume Coordinator: Nathan Rohrer++
Scenic & Projections Designer: Rasean Davonté Johnson+++
Assistant Scenic & Projections Designer: Jo Selmeczy*
Sound Designer: Hannah Foerschler++
Props Coordinator: Jenny Pinson++
Marketing Liaison: Abby Kane*
+ Visiting Artist
++ Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) Staff
+++ Assistant Senior Instructional Professor in TAPS
* TAPS Major/Minor
** UChicago PhD Student
Visionary opera director Yuval Sharon presents the 2025 Berlin Family Lectures. Picking up on a line from his new book, A New Philosophy of Opera (2024), Sharon explores the question under his theme of "Anarchy at the Opera": Is opera a standard bearer or a pall bearer for the status quo?
The final lecture concludes with a rare live performance of John Cage’s Europera 5, directed by Sharon, as a demonstration of the ideas explored in his talks.
Cast
Singer 1: Whitney Morrison+
Singer 2: Rolfe Dauz+
Pianist: Jacob Reed**
Dancer 1: Clara Nizard**
Dancer 2: elena rose light**
Team
Director: Yuval Sharon
Assistant Director: Eleni Lefakis*
Production Manager: Brianna Parry++
Production Stage Manager: Mia Maccarella++
Production Coordinator: Jake Snell+
Lighting Designer: Garrett Bell++
Assistant Lighting Designer: Will Rehmus*
Costume Coordinator: Nathan Rohrer++
Scenic & Projections Designer: Rasean Davonté Johnson+++
Assistant Scenic & Projections Designer: Jo Selmeczy*
Sound Designer: Hannah Foerschler++
Props Coordinator: Jenny Pinson++
Marketing Liaison: Abby Kane*
+ Visiting Artist
++ Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) Staff
+++ Assistant Senior Instructional Professor in TAPS
* TAPS Major/Minor
** UChicago PhD Student
