San Cha: Inebria Me

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Los Angeles-based composer, musician, and performance artist San Cha presents a new experimental opera. San Cha appears as Dolores, a beauty of humble means who, after marrying wealthy Salvador, is caught in a web of jealousy and abuse. Esperanza, a genderless being of light and empowerment, visits Dolores, giving her strength to realize her true value. Drawing on influences including Mexican immigrant family life, Catholic church choir, and Bay Area drag, this bold new work merges the dramatic, opulent operatic form with the melodrama of telenovelas. Compositions fusing ranchera, cumbia, punk, classical, and electro music are performed by a stellar cast led by Darian Donovan Thomas alongside stefa marin alarcon, Lu Coy, Kyle Kidd, Carolina Oliveros, and Phong Tran. With its title, Inebria Me references the intoxicating, transcendent, and sublime power of love that conquers all.



On October 17, there will be a post-show Q&A with San Cha, moderated by REDCAT Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Performing Arts, Katy Dammers.

Presented in Spanish with English supertitles.

Please note: Inebria Me contains strobe lights, flashing lights, nudity, and mature content.