Both Eyes Open, a chamber opera

The world premiere of BOTH EYES OPEN, a chamber opera by librettist, Philip Kan Gotanda and composer, Max Giteck Duyers, is co-presented by First Look Sonoma, Presidio Theatre and Paul Dresher’s New Performance Traditions June 24, 25 and 26, 2022 in San Francisco.  Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center is the newly renovated, state of the art venue in San Francisco's Presidio National Park. It is located at 99 Moraga Avenue near the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. NOTE: it is not the movie theater on Chestnut Street. Plan a trip to the popular destinations in The Presidio and enjoy world class entertainment at this architectural jewel. The transportation options include free shuttle buses. 

Both Eyes Open is a chamber opera with music ranging from soaring lyricism to taiko drumming, big band and electronic samples. Playwright/librettist, Philip Kan Gotanda, and composer, Max Giteck Duykers, tell the story of the fictional hero, Jinzo Matsumoto, a Japanese American farmer who is taken from his land in Stockton, and incarcerated at an American concentration camp in Rohwer, Arkansas, during WWII. Vivid scenic projections enhance the haunting, hyperreal tale of love, ambition, injustice and betrayal in this entertaining, yet searingly honest, portrayal of the past, to bring to light the current anti-Asian xenophobia and violence that continues today.