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Starry Opera Night

Celebrated Soprano Ambur Braid reimagines Salome for an Immersive space.

WORDS BY ISABELLA ELIAS | ORTISEI | VISUAL ARTS

MAR 03, 2023 | ISSUE 9

Ambur Braid by Jeremy Lewis
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Dan Kurtz by Jeremy Lewis
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“It was the last show I did before the world shut down,” says international opera sensation Ambur Braid of Oper Frankfurt’s production of Salome, playing the princess who wins the head of John the Baptist by performing the infamous ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’ for King Herod. But the global shutdown presented artists like herself and creative talents in the live concert industry with an opportunity to reimagine how opera is presented and delivered to audiences beyond the constraints of shuttered traditional venues. In partnership with musician/producer Dan Kurtz and visual designer Isaac Rayment, she will resurrect the COVID-cancelled character for an operatic experience staged at the same venue where Lighthouse

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