THE DELTA KING'S BLUES
World Premiere
December 2025
Pop-Up Theater @ 340 Maple Drive, DC| 2640 Space, Baltimore
Music by Damien Geter
Libretto by Jarrod Lee
Conducted by Darren Lin & Timothy Nelson
Directed by Alicia Washington
The first full opera commissioned by IN Series, this World Premiere of THE DELTA KING’S BLUES marks the culmination of a multi-year project to celebrate the legacy of legendary guitarist Robert Johnson with a “blues opera” that tells the Faustian story of the bargain he struck with the devil - selling his immortal soul to learn the language of the blues, America’s original music. An orchestra mix of blues and classical musicians joins a cast of leading artists from around the country and an immersive juke-joint experience that sings, dances, hollers, laughs, and mourns in a brilliant new score by Damien Geter and texts by Jarrod Lee.
Run Time: 65'
Featuring
Melissa Wimbish, Albert Lee, Christian Simmons, Marvin Wayne Allen III, Anthony Ballard
DATES AND VENUES
Pop-Up Theater 340 Maple Drive SW, DC
December 6 at 7:30pm (Sold out)
December 7 at 2:30pm (Sold out)
December 12* at 7:30pm
December 13* at 7:30pm
December 14* at 2:30pm (Sold out)
2640 Space - 2640 St Paul St, Baltimore MD
December 19* at 7:30pm
December 20* at 7:30pm
December 21 at 2:30pm (Sold out)
*Performance to be conducted by Timothy Nelson
MEET THE MAKERS:
Stage Director Alicia Washington
Librettist Jarrod Lee
Composer Damien Geter
Tenor Albert Lee
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