The West Edge Festival
Dolores • Jonathan & David • Wozzeck
August 2nd - 17th
The Scottish Rite • Oakland, CA
Dolores
World Premiere
by Nicolás Lell Benavides and Marella Martin Koch
Conducted by Mary Chun
Directed by Octavio Cardenas
Dolores Huerta is a legend in the fight for farm workers’ rights. In June of 1968, the movement lost a major ally and Dolores lost a friend when Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated.
A new opera about Dolores’ struggles, triumphs, and tragedies during
some of the most iconic and charged weeks of American history.
Starring Kelly Guerra as Dolores Huerta
Jonathan & David
by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Conducted by Adam Pearl
Directed by Mark Streshinsky
The biblical love story of Jonathan, son of the first king of Israel,
and David, killer of Goliath.
Starring Derek Chester and Aaron Sheehan
Wozzeck
by Alban Berg
Conducted by Jonathan Khuner
Directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer
A downtrodden Everyman soldier, fighting to keep hope and love alive, gradually
but inexorably succumbs to the moral sickness of his environment.
A founding modern stage-piece that changed opera forever.
Starring Hadleigh Adams and Emma McNairy
