THE ONION, An Opera

Do we own our memories? The Onion is a new opera in which family secrets collide with a memory-enhancing AI. Through contact with their younger selves, its characters bring to the surface the experiences that have shaped their lives: a sexist theft of scientific work, the vanishing of a parent, the erasure of a gender identity. Will the intervention of an AI hurt or heal?

The opera unfolds on an island in the Pacific Northwest where a neuroscientist has sequestered herself with her daughter to create the Onion, an AI device that allows anyone using it to re-live a personal memory. Rounding out the human roles are the Onion's young co-inventor and the neuroscientist's ex-partner. The Onion itself is a character in the opera: its independence and influence on the human characters seem to grow each time they use it.

Date and Time: On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:00 - Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:45

Venue details: The Maso Studio At the Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Category: Arts | Performing Arts | Opera

Price:
General Admission: USD 30.00