lalovavi

July 11, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Music Hall • springer auditorium

Music by Kevin Day 
Libretto by Tifara Brown

Sung in English and Tut* with projected English lyrics and translation

with each step, LOVE’S beacon shall shine bright.

Set 400 years into the future, Lalovavi is an Afrofuturist adventure that follows Persephone, the youngest daughter of the ruler of Atlas, the city formerly known as Atlanta. Currency and status in Atlas are determined based on the presence of Syndica, a gene that promotes vitality and longevity. When Persephone is found to possess a version of Syndica that confers immortality, she is betrayed by her family and must run for her life. She is thrust into an epic journey, uncovering a hidden past that leads her to discover love’s true meaning and the power to determine her destiny. 

Estimated running-time 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Tickets are available now as part of a 2026 Summer Festival season ticket package. Tickets to individual performances go on sale Friday, November 21, 2025.

*Tut is a language that is indigenous to Black Americans and passed down from their enslaved ancestors, who developed Tut as a mechanism for learning how to read and write when it was illegal for them to do so. The title of the opera, “lalovavi,” is the Tut word for “love.”