Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse: Envisioned

Ogresse: Envisioned is a sumptuous journey of myth and song by multiple Grammy Award–winning jazz vocalist, composer, and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant. Playful yet poignant, this darkly humorous fairy tale explores themes of power, gender, race, body diversity, and love. The new multimedia work is driven by an enthralling, genre-defying score composed by Salvant and performed by a 13-piece chamber orchestra arranged and conducted by Darcy James Argue. The Ogresse and her forest home are conjured with striking, large-scale projected imagery, co-created by Belgian animator Lia Bertels and Salvant, in this not-to-be-missed world premiere performance.

World Premiere/Walker Commission

Program length: 80 minutes