The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace (2019)
Libretto by Rob Handel
45-minute chamber opera in one act
6 singers/ string quartet/ piano
NOTES
Ada Augusta Byron, Countess of Lovelace, must choose between her desire to pursue mathematics and the reputation of her family.
MEDIA
World premiere of The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace (by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel) at Opera Ithaca.
HISTORY
First performance:
Opera Ithaca
“Sankaram’s music is clipped and contemporary, suiting spoken dialogue; this is opera easily followed even without the supertitles...one leaves this production eager to hear much more of Sankaram...”