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
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 for Jarrod Lee.
Featuring
Melissa Wimbish, Albert Lee, Christian Simmons, Marvin Wayne Allen III, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes
DATES AND VENUES
Pop-Up Theater 340 Maple Drive SW, DC
December 6 at 7:30pm
December 7 at 2:30pm
December 12 at 7:30pm
December 13 at 7:30pm
December 14 at 2:30pm
2640 Space - 2640 St Paul St, Baltimore MD
December 19 at 7:30pm
December 20 at 7:30pm
December 21 at 2:30pm
