Join us for an unforgettable
and ethereal immersive experience,
in a sacred space.

Reserve your tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeds-under-nuclear-winter-earth-opera-sanctuary-pop-up-tickets-1025666033717?aff=oddtdtcreator

Seeds Under Nuclear Winter: An Earth Opera:
The SANCTUARY Edition
Saturday November 2nd at 7:30pm

Old Dutch Church
272 Wall Street
Kingston NY

This performance is an excerpted adaptation of the Earth Opera, created especially for the entire sanctuary space of this church, her choir balconies, altars, and massive wall of pipe organ drone (2,221 pipes).

20% of all ticket sales will be donated to support Clearwater and their ongoing mission to protect the Hudson River--a continuation of Pete and Toshi Seeger's vision in 1966 to 'build a boat to save the river'.

http://www.clearwater.org

This will be the LAST Earth Opera performance for a long while, so don't miss it!

Featuring:

Andes Manta, Mamalama, Melora Creager (of Rasputina), Jaguar Mary X, Lisa B Kelley, Sarah Power, Annie Roland, Arianna Noble, Jed Zaeb, Noa Graham, Alvaro Romao, Megan Gugliotta, Philip x Levine, Matt Carvin, Henry Lowengard, AnnMarie Tedeschi, Jesse Reed, Antonin Fajt, Nobuo, Agon Mizelle, Dorcinda Knauth, Rusty Boris, Erin the Bard, Douglas Keller, Vincenza Dante, Jeremy Starpoli, with Erika McCarthy, George Manatos, the EARTH OPERA DANCE ARMY, and LIVE VISUALS/laser light projections throughout the sanctuary by light artist BA Miale.

Support the VISION. Join us on Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/mamalamamusic

RESERVE TICKETS HERE: Earth Opera at the Old Dutch Church .

vision of Divine Mother
Earth Opera 2023 'Heartlight'
Gods emerge in Deity Waltz
Andes Manta and Elizabeth Clark, Traveling Song
Mythic Bird with Jaguar Mary X
Deities Neem Karoli Baba, Krishna, Hildegard of Bingen, Mother Mary. With Alvaro Romao, Jed Zaeb, Grace Woodard, Lisa B Kelley. Photo by Fionn Reilly
Doomsday clock and preacher from 'Truth'
Monks, Prophets from 'Apocalypto'
From 'Standing on Serpents' 2023
From 'Apocalypto'. Elizabeth Clark, narrator. Photo by Fionn Reilly.
Doomsday Clock from 'Truth'. Image: Annie Roland, photo by Stefan Lisowski. Clock by Anne Arden McDonald
'Selfie Squad' from 'Truth' with Arianna Noble, Lisa B Kelley, Grace Woodard, China Blue.
Elizabeth Clark, composer, vocalist, narrator
Andes Manta
Andes Manta including Luis and Bolivar Lopez
Catskill Mountain Gamelan
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Prophets and Earth Opera Choir
From 'Saint Margaret of the Parking Lot' with Jaguar Mary X, Elizabeth Clark, Lisa B Kelley, Dorcinda Knauth, Annie Roland. Photo by Fionn Reilly.
From 'Green Little Things'
Cloud Formation
Light/Speck 2022
From 'Rembeuy Bandung'
Mythic Bird with Jaguar Mary X
Widow Jane Mine
From 'Truth'. Narcissistic dictator, preacher, newscaster played by Phillip X Levine, Sharon Penz, Elwin Cuevas. Photo by Fionn Reilly.
Vision
Deity Waltz 2022
Andes Manta
From 'Saint Margaret of the Parking Lot'. Photo by Stefan Lisowski
Seraphim
From 'Standing on Serpents' 2022, choreographers by Charlotte Stickles and Sondra Loring
From 'Where to Find God' 2021. Toni Weeks, Goni Ronen, Elizabeth Clark
From 'Truth' 2022, with Elwin Cuevas, Noa Graham
Prophets, with Lisa Barnard Kelley, Jaguar Mary X, Grace Woodard
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Cast and Crew 2024

  • Mamalama

    Elizabeth Clark: harp, voice, narrator, composer, director, producer

    Henry Lowengard: Hammered Dulcimer, Glockenspiel, Harmonium, Melodica, Choir, Hare Krishna

    Annie Roland: Seraphim, Timekeeper, Veiled Woman

    with:

    Matt Carvin: Piano

    Rusty Boris: Upright electric bass

    Melora Creager: Cello,Voice

    Megan Gugliotta:violin

    Jeremy Starpoli: Trombone

    Alvaro Romao: Gamelan, Gongs

    Andrew Forbes: Bagpipes,Choir

  • Andes Manta

    Luis Lopez: quena, guitar, charango, pipes, birds

    Bolivar Lopez: pipes, djembe, percussion, birds

    Fernando Lopez: guitar, pipes, mandolin, birds

    Jorge Lopez: bass, guitar, percussion, birds

  • Actors / dancers / choreography/choir

    Lisa Barnard Kelley: Seraphim, Prophet, Voice, bird murmurations, selfie squad

    Noa (Nancy)  Graham: Newscaster, Prophet, Veiled woman, Spiral Painter

    Agon  Mizelle: AI Robot, Shadow Monk, Dance Army, Choir, Sadhu

    Dorcinda Knauth:Voice, Magic Bird, Veiled Woman, Green Tara, Organ

    Alvaro Romao: Gongs, Choir, Monk, Dance Army, Hanuman

    Phillip X Levine: Narcissist Dictator, Shadow Monk, Choir, Judas

    Jed Zaeb: Magic Bug, Televangelist, Trombone, Dance Army, Shadow Monk, Krishna

    Sarah Power:Seraphim, Choir, Magic Bird, Selfie-Squad, Prophet, Veiled Woman, Hildegard of Bingen

    Jaguar Mary X: Voice, Magic Bird,St. Margaret

    AnnMarie Tedeschi: Selfie-Squad, Choir, Veiled Woman, Mother Mary

    Vincenza Dante: Selfie-Squad, Hare Krishna, Veiled Woman,Choir

    Jeremy Starpoli: Trombone, Whale, Choir, Monk

    Nobuo: Selfie-Squad, Jesus, Prophet, Choir, Whaleophone

    Jesse Reed: Bird, Selfie-Squad, Dance Army, Choir, Hare Krishna, prop artist

    Erin the Bard: Seraphim, Magic Bird, Selfie-Squad, Veiled Woman, Hare Krishna

    Arianna Noble: Serpents/Dance Army choreography, Seraphim, Magic Bird, Serpent, Selfie-Squad, Veiled Woman

    Douglas Keller: Selfie-Squad, Shadow Monk, Dance Army, Carynx player, Hare Krishna

    Megan Gugliotta: Violin,Selfie-Squad, Hare Krishna, Choir

    Bella Turner: Serpent, Dance Army, Choir

    Alvaro Romao: Gongs, euphone, voice, Deity

  • Backstage

    Erika McCarthy: heartlight/bird maker, props rigger 

    George Manatos: Backstage

    Jesse Reed: prop artist (Paper mache birds)


    Props: Anne Arden McDonald, Luis Lopez, Elizabeth Clark

    Costume Design/Collection: Anne Arden McDonald, Elizabeth Clark

    Choreography: 

    Standing on Serpents, Hallelujah (Dance Army): Arianna Noble.

    Truth: Sharon Penz, Lisa B Kelley, Elizabeth Clark.

    AI Choreography: Agon Mizelle

    Apocalypto: Sharon Penz.

    Deity Waltz: Elizabeth Clark, Luis Lopez. 

    Light/Speck: Elizabeth Clark

  • Dance Army

    Sharon Zeiss
    Lydia
    Tricia Anderson

The Earth Opera Lyrics can be found on the Poetry and Lyrics Page

We couldn't have produced this year's sanctuary version of Seeds Under Nuclear Winter this past year without the help of these generous sponsors. Thank you!

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

This performance is supported by and is a benefit for Clearwater.

Community Partner
The Ministry of Maåt