'Man Will Not Outlive the Weather' is a chamber opera for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, piano, percussion and electronics composed by Amber Vistein.
The composer selected seven events deeply connected to the idea of weather--one for each of the seven short movements that comprise this work: glacial motion, a flood, an episode of deep fog, the movement of surface waves, a volcanic eruption, atmospheric circulation, and a hurricane. Each section of the work animates a reflection on the connection between the voice as an invisible force that expresses the full range and power of human interiority (memory, intention, and identity) and weather as an enveloping, exterior force that expresses the range and power of the natural world—the real sources and full extension of which remain largely unseen. The circulation of breath, blood, and heat powers the human voice and the circulation of air currents, ocean tides, and geothermic activity powers weather itself. In this work, the physically isomorphic aspects of the vo
