Commissioned by Washington National Opera for the American Opera Initiative, Forever is a tragicomic opera set in a post-human world. When two microplastics and a hardy microorganism known as a tardigrade meet, they begin to search for their greater purpose- and fall in love.

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Composer, Elizabeth Gartman
Librettist, Melisa Tien
Music Director, Tierra Whetstone
Scenic & Puppet Designer, Audrey Tieman
Lighting Designer, Maximo Grano De Oro
Costume Designer, Claire DiVizio