The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts and Michigan Technological University present The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, a new opera by composer Elena Ruehr and Pulitzer-prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek, based on the best-selling graphic novel by Sydney Padua, a Guerilla Opera Production.

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Michigan Technological University

When the goddess of Death is cast down to Earth to live as a mortal named Laila Starr, the boundaries between the divine and the human begin to blur in this vivid, transporting world premiere from Kamala Sankaram and Minita Gandhi. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr was commissioned and developed through Minnesota Opera’s New Works Initiative, adapted from the acclaimed graphic novel by Ram V and Filipe Andrade. Infused with elements of Konnakol, Raga, and EDM, this fantasy on purpose and impermanence unfolds with both kinetic energy and striking clarity, as a god made mortal begins to see the world—and life itself—through fresh eyes.

Omar Najimi

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 31 - Nov 8, 2026

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr · Minnesota Opera

Past events

12 - 15 Oct, 2023

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage · Guerilla Opera

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