Composer Rene Orth's “10 Days in a Madhouse,” based on the 1887 book by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly, opened Opera Philadelphia's O23 Festival.
This image released by Opera Philadelphia shows Baritone Will Liverman as Dr. Josiah Blackwell, left, soprano Kiera Duffy as Nellie, center, and soprano Lauren Pearl as Nurse/Matron during a rehearsal of Rene Orths 10 Days in a Madhouse at Opera Philadelphia. – Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly.
An all-woman creative team was commissioned to develop the work by Opera Philadelphia and Toronto’s Tapestry Opera. Bly disclosed that many detainees were sane and held only because they were poor, spoke little English or had run afoul of a man. “I would love it if somebody walked out of the theater and said: `I want to see that again,‘” Orth said, “or if they also feel there’s a social justice message to society: We need to do better for women.”
Duffy memorably portrayed Bess in Missy Mazzoli’s 2016 Opera Philadelphia premiere of “Breaking the Waves” based on the Lars von Trier film. Daniela Candillari leads a run of five performances through Sept. 30 at Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23 before conducting the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s “Grounded” at the Washington National Opera.“My brain is just full of time signatures and notes at all times, because when I’m not doing `Madhouse’ I’m in the `Malcolm X’ madhouse,” Liverman said. “With new material and different sound worlds that we’re really not accustomed to, it takes some time to let the musical language settle in.
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