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10/04/2024

Portland Opera Presents 'Shizue: An American Story" - Brunish Theater, Oct. 4-5, 2024 (Sold out) Photos

By JOHN RUDOFF //

Portland Opera presents 'Opera to Go' with "Shizue: An American Story"". This is a short one-act opera by Composer Kenji Oh and Librettist Dmae Lo Roberts, based on the true story of Shizue Iwatsuki. She was a Japanese woman who, with her husband, wound up interned in the detention camps set up by the government during World War II.

There are three performances at Brunish Theater, October 4 and 5, but all are sold out.

Composed by Kenji Oh
Chihiro Asano -- Elder Shizue
Lindsey Nakatani -- Younger Shizue
Jietong Fu -- Kamegoro
Edward Tavalin -- Various Men
Dmae Lo Roberts -- Stage Director

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