L'OPERA! A Solo Show

Written and performed by Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa
Jeff Liu, original co-director
Kalina Ko, original co-director
Cirimae-Ashley Palaganas, lighting design
Lala Ukita, stage management

L'OPERA! (2024, revised 2025) is about a fun-loving, Japanese and Filipino-American opera singer who gets into The Juilliard School... then loses his voice. A funny, multi-lingual 52-minute solo performance, careening through the streets of New York City, Southern Italy, Hollywood, and Beijing, and featuring live performances of songs, including originals, L'OPERA! is anything but Euro-centric classical.

First premiered off-Broadway at Pan Asian Repertory in 2024, then remounted in 2025 at the Japanese American National Museum's Democracy Center with support from UCI's Medici Scholarship.

Recommended for age 13+.
This production contains some mature content suitable for adolescents and adults.
The performance is 52 minutes (one-act, no intermission)

L'OPERA! Promotional Design: Photo by Elijah Waller