*Only a few tickets remaining.
I Give You My Home
Friday, June 3, 2022
Multiple performance dates.
Nichols House Museum, 55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
Tickets are on sale now!Click the separate link for Friday, June 3rd to purchase opening night tickets.
*Only a few tickets remaining.
The full program can be found here.
Guerilla Opera and the Nichols House Museum present I Give You My Home, a site-specific chamber opera inspired by the life of Rose Standish Nichols, pacifist, suffragist, garden designer, and museum founder. The immersive opera plays within the rooms of the Nichols House. View the trailer here!
Each performance concludes with a tea reception in honor of the tradition of hosting salons, which was started by Rose Standish Nichols and her mother. Opening night on June 3 concludes with a special reception and champagne toast to Guerilla Opera’s 15th Anniversary Season.
The full live experience including the reception is roughly 60 min in duration. Tickets must be reserved in advance.
Friday, June 3, 2022, 7:00pm: Opening Night Performance
Saturday, June 4, 2022, 4:00pm and 6:00pm
Sunday, June 5, 2022, 4:00pm and 6:00pm
I Give You My Home features music and original libretto by local composer Beth Wiemann and is brought to life by acclaimed theater and film director Cara Consilvio. The opera is a monodrama written for Guerilla Opera’s core ensemble members: soprano and Artistic Director Aliana de la Guardia as Rose, percussionist Mike Williams and saxophonist Philipp Stäudlin.
COVID -19 POLICY. Audience members must show proof of vaccination or show a negative COVID-19 PCR test result taken within 72 hours or a negative COVID-19 take-at-home rapid antigen test taken within 24 hours of the event. All audience members must remain masked for the duration of the performance.
TICKETS ARE PAY WHAT YOU CAN. Guerilla Opera and the Nichols House Museum believe that the foundation of an equitable and inclusive arts culture requires making this collaboration accessible to all. We are committed to ensuring that everyone who wants to see this show is able to, which is why we are enacting a “Pay What You Can” model. We encourage our audience members to purchase tickets at a level comfortable for them.
Ticket revenue alone doesn’t begin to cover what it costs pay our artists, produce the show, and prepare and staff this historic home for this production, but we believe that access to the arts is a foundational human right. We encourage you to select a tier in line with your means. All are welcome to select the more expensive tiers, and ALL are welcome to attend this production.
I Give You My Home is supported by an Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors award from OPERA America, a Live Arts Boston grant award from The Boston Foundation and their partners the Barr Foundation and Dunamis Boston, and a CIP Projects grant award from Mass Cultural Council. The development of I Give You My Home has been in partnership with the University of Maine, Orono, The Switchboard artist residency program in Haverhill, MA and the Nichols House Museum in Boston.