Let’s Celebrate!

Nov 18 @ 7:30pm and Nov 19 @ 2pm
559 Washington St, Boston, MA

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“Let’s Celebrate!” is an annual series drawing on diverse cultural traditions to supplement traditional holiday programming with shows reflective of White Snake Projects’ beautiful and diverse community of artists and opera lovers.

This iteration of “Let’s Celebrate!” will be embracing the traditions and stories of Puja Kali (a celebration of the Hindu goddess of death and rebirth, Kali), Eid al-Fitr (the breaking of the feast at Ramadan), Puerto Rico’s coqui frogs, as well as exploring how a multicultural family celebrates Thanksgiving.

White Snake Projects' 2023-2024 programming is supported by a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation. Our programming is also supported the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mass Cultural Council, the Boston Cultural Council, Reopen Creative Boston Fund, administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the Ditson Fund.

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A Festive Opera Series That Expands the Meaning of “Holiday Season”

This season's “Let’s Celebrate!” draws on a wide range of cultural traditions to supplement traditional holiday programming with stories reflective of White Snake Projects’ beautiful and diverse community of artists and opera lovers.

"My Little Coqui"
celebrating Puerto Rico's endemic tree frogs
Little children in Puerto Rico survive a once-in-a-century hurricane and flood when they are transformed by a magical river spirit into little frogs that sing every night.

"Jo Dooba So Paar"
celebrating Eid al-Fitr
A young man's heart breaks during a family gathering to celebrate the breaking of the fast at Ramadan when he learns his friend, for whom he has feelings, is marrying a woman and leaving the ambiguous love they have for each other.

"Kali"
celebrating the festival of the Hindu Goddess of Destruction
A young man transitions into womanhood, drawing on Kali's strength and magic to destroy their old self and be reborn as a woman. Composed by a young composer in the process of transitioning and sung by a young woman who has completed her transition.

"Tamale Dumpling"
celebrating a multicultural Thanksgiving melding Mexican and Chinese traditions
A young Chinese woman brings home her Mexican fiancé at Thanksgiving to the great consternation of her traditional Asian family.