World Premiere
Music by
Michael Robert Smith
Libretto by
Demian Chavez Galvan
Director
Madison Jackson
Conductor
Douglas Kinney Frost
Director, Producer, Principal Coach
Tamar Sanikdize
Sung in English with supertitles.
On July 16, 1945, New Mexicans awoke to Trinity, the world’s first nuclear test. Manhattan Project leaders did not inform residents, despite tens of thousands living nearby. In the years that followed, people in the surrounding areas began to report serious health issues. These individuals would be known as “Downwinders.” Downwind is the story of these people.
This opera is a world premiere, written by students Michael Smith and Demian Galvan, who traveled to New Mexico to help bring this story to life. Smith writes, “While the family in our opera is fictional, the reality that they face is not.”
Event Details
$10 – 20
All University of Texas at Austin students are allowed one free ticket as long as they are available. Student tickets must be picked up at the Box Office with valid student I.D. Seating is unassigned.
If you are a patron with specific seating needs, please email tickets@mail.music.utexas.edu and we will reserve ADA seating for you.