The young woman hears and sees things, and is ultimately accused of being a witch. Vireo follows the convoluted adventures of the titular character, a teenage girl played by 18-year old soprano Rowen Sabala.
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Shot in Southern California, New York, and San Francisco, the series will be broadcast next year on public television and online, and seeks to bring opera to a broader audience by using a digital streaming model a la Netflix and Amazon. The unusual project is being filmed in 10-to-12 minute episodes - perfect for the ever shortening attention spans of a new generation. The latest episode was shot on Alcatraz (Photo: David Soderlund) Rowen Sabala as the title character in Lisa Bielawa’s new serialized, made-for-video opera ‘Vireo’. Meanwhile, in a third room, a straightjacketed teen girl with a skull scepter confronted her doppelgänger. Down the corridor, in the decrepit prison hospital, a string quartet played along with the sound of bells. On set for Episode 9, a chorus of vocalists sang out a dirge-like lament accompanied by hurdy gurdy from one of the cell blocks. On a recent evening in June, the former federal penitentiary was the site of a film shoot for Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch's Accuser- a 12-episode opera created by Bay Area native composer and musician Lisa Bielawa in collaboration with playwright Erik Ehn and director Charles Otte. But a serialized, made-for-video opera? Now that's surely a first. Alcatraz has been the setting of many Hollywood blockbusters from Escape from Alcatraz to The Rock.
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