“My ideal opera would be a really short one.”
–Jack
“The storyline was way too complicated.”
–Barbara
“I never knew what opera was really like until a friend dragged me along. I’d definitely do the same if it was shorter and easy to understand.”
–Santiago
Festival WorD 6 Opera:
A festival of storied mini-operas that use no more than six words. A concept inspired by the poem attributed to Ernest Hemingway:
“For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Festival WD6O is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.
Contributions for the purposes of Festival WD6O must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Copyright ©2011 Festival WD6O
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Grew up. Forgot how to fly. Elena
Wandering Forever. No Heaven. No Hell. Tyler
Astronaut reaches stars. No way back. Bobby
Mom snorted our child support money. Parker
Transfer to public school. World discovered. Tiquan
Wanted: Puppy. Must fit old collar. Lauren
One tree – thousand matches. One match… Cindy
Spring marriage. Summer fling. Autumn divorce. Matt
Lovers only when people aren’t watching. Lauren
Helping the Third World. Ignoring relatives. Jakub
Crowd standing. Anxious groom. Empty doorway. Dee
Homecoming Queen fails to come home. Dill
Obituary column writer dies. Nobody notices. Daniel
Lost my wallet, found my desires. Devendra
Lonely baby. No longer a twin. Ruud
Awaken. The dream has begun; life. Lance
You + I. A tragic miscalculation. Nicolovius
Small Fish. Big Pond. Same Expectations. Charlotte