For June in Buffalo 2019, Sotto Voce Vocal Collective presented a scene from the forthcoming world-premiere opera The Second Sight by Jessie Ann Downs - an opera in three acts that explores the spiritual connections between generations of women as developed through the experience of grief.
Act 1: Scene 2 “The Rain Scene” (Rain Spirits enter, singing sounds in their own language, alternately bringing and clearing the rain. In this strange storm, a young mother named Freyaria emerges from her home, trying to discern the source of the sounds she has heard from within.)