World premiere of
“A Marvelous Order”
An opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Music by Judd Greenstein
Libretto by Tracy K. Smith
Animation and Direction by Joshua Frankel

The new opera is presented by ADH Theatricals. It features music by Judd Greenstein, a libretto by former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith, and animation and direction by Joshua Frankel. NOW Ensemble will perform the music.

“A Marvelous Order” chronicles the 1960s-era battle between powerful master builder Robert Moses and determined activist Jane Jacobs over the fate of New York City’s Greenwich Village. When Moses plans to demolish her neighborhood, Jacobs starts a revolt that continues to shape manmade environments around the world—from small towns to global cities—and the lives of all who call them home. An expansive work about power and protest, “A Marvelous Order” examines the ways we live together, who controls our environment and how we respond to abuses of authority.