The culmination of her lifes work, New York-based visual artist Lesley Dills new opera Divide Light is based on the complete works of poet Emily Dickinson. Composed by Richard Marriott, founder of Club Foot Orchestra, Divide Light follows a dramatic and emotional contour, exploring a range of emotions from joy, ecstasy and fear to vulnerability and exhilaration. 

Divide Light premiered August 13, 2008 at the Montalvo Arts Center and featured lush performances by Del Sol String Quartet; the 45-voices of The Choral Project; Jennifer Goltz, soprano; Kathleen Moss, mezzo soprano; and Andrew Eisenmann, baritone. The performers sing Dickinsons words and also wear ravishing costumes with the words scrawled across them. The set is a stunning video installation of poems and Dills evocative black-and-white photographs.

Divide Light is commissioned by Montalvo Arts Center, and supported in part by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation Multi Arts Production Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Divide Light is sponsored by J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines.

Additional Information: 

• Take a look at the MUSIC PROGRAM for Divide Light.
• Take a look at the TECH RIDER for Divide Light.
• Contact LESLEY DILL via George Adams Gallery
• Contact RICHARD MARRIOTT