Hydrogen Jukebox

The Northwest premiere of Philip Glass’s chamber opera Hydrogen Jukebox, with libretto by Beat poet Allen Ginsburg, gave UW vocal and instrumental performance students stage time under the direction of music director Deanne Meek and stage director Dean Williamson. The production, which ran April 26 and 27, 2019 at the UW’s Meany Studio Theater, featured two student casts over two nights, with orchestral collaboration by UW faculty artists and students of the UW Percussion and Modern Music Ensembles. The production received critical support from the UW’s Friends of Opera, including Ellen Ferguson, Carma Ragan, Neil and Kathleen Bogue, Judy Tobin and Michael Baker, and Jonathan Luk, with matching gifts from Cisco Systems and the Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF).

Photos: Steve Korn