Seattle Opera: Flight (on demand through 4/25/2021)
$35
Jonathan Dove – Flight
Libretto by April De Angelis
A slice of life story set in the everyday world of an airport terminal. An omniscient air traffic controller watches over a departure lounge bustling with cynical flight attendants, an excitable couple on vacation, a mysterious older woman, and a diplomat and his expectant wife, all of whom must spend the night to wait out a storm. A stateless refugee, stranded indefinitely in the terminal, listens to the passengers’ often entertaining stories while haplessly dodging an immigration officer.
Inspired by a true story – Mehran Karimi Nasseri’s 18-year forced residency at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport – the opera’s vignettes and meditations on love and identity are presented with winning humor, but without easy resolutions. In the end we discover how empathy for the anguished around us is a key element of human resilience, allowing us to surmount obstacles and fly another day.
The livestream will take place at 7pm Pacific.
Our online stream of Flight is on sale now to the public for $35 per stream. Once you have purchased your stream, you will be able to access this opera April 23-25 through your Seattle Opera account.
Proceeds from individual streaming operas benefit artists, musicians, and crew via union funds, including the AGMA Artists Relief Fund. We are grateful to all of our union partners for their creativity and enthusiasm to put these operas on stage.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
• In English with English subtitles
• Performance Time: 2 hours and 9 minutes, including one intermission
• Rated PG-13 for mature themes and content, mild coarse language, sexually suggestive staging
• Filmed at The Museum of Flight