The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

San Francisco Opera announced in January 2009 its commission of my newest opera, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, expected to bow in June of 2013. All I can say at this point is that the piece draws on the Gnostic Gospels, the Canonical Gospels, and decades of biblical scholarship to reimagine the story of the New Testament through the eyes of its lone substantial female character.

There are any number of exciting (and confirmed!) details of casting and other artistic collaborators about which, alas, I am obliged to keep silent: but watch this space.