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