Lighting Designer

A new opera exploring memory care, family, connection, and the relationship between technology and dementia care. Based on a provided prompt of integrating AI into a creative work. Awarded the Antinori Foundation Grand Prize in the 96-Hour Opera Project in June 2024. Content warning: water-based special effect haze and adult language. Approximately 70 minutes, no intermission.

Water Memory (Jala Smriti)

Ferst Center for the Arts

This “sequel” to The Barber of Seville finds the boisterous barber, Figaro, ready to be married to his sweetheart, Susanna, as a scheming Count tries to break up the whole situation! Hilarious antics ensue—expect disguises, mistaken identities, and a lot of hiding in (and under) things—as this comedy plays out with music by one of the greatest composers of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Lighting Designer

Benjamin Rawson

Events

Past events

12 - 14 Jun, 2026

Water Memory (Jala Smriti) · Atlanta Opera

9 - 17 Mar, 2024

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro · Utah Symphony

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