Teatro Grattacielo’s America 250 double bill brings together two powerful explorations of freedom — one civic, one personal — created for the national commemoration marking 250 years since the founding of the United States. Jefferson Lives!, a world premiere opera, examines the birth of the American Revolution not as distant history but as lived human experience. Through the ghostly presence of John Adams and a modern Narrator drawn unwillingly into the past, the opera traces how political ideas move from thought into action, revealing the moral pressure, doubt, and consequence behind America’s revolutionary awakening.

Peterson Townsend

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7 - 8 Nov, 2026

250 America | Double Bill | Jefferson Lives! · Teatro Grattacielo

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