Presented by Opera Contempo and Salt Lake City Arts Council at Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, Salt Lake City UT

Using live music, theatrical design, and expert discussion, domestic and intimate partner violence will be addressed in Turnage and Kay’s chamber opera “Twice Through the Heart.”

The piece is a collaboration between English composer Mark Turnage and Scottish poet Jackie Kay and explores the real-life story of an abused woman imprisoned for the murder of her husband. The music is lyrical but abrupt, painful but often quiet and reflective; one of the composer’s most finely crafted, intensely moving and technically accomplished works.

Sung by 8 diverse local singers, this chamber opera is a representation of the effects of domestic violence on all populations in Salt Lake