Library of Maps

An Opera in Many Parts (2001-2002)

April 12 & 13, 2025

📍 The Queen Mary, Long Beach

The landmark premiere of a new performance edition of Oliveros and Roth’s staggeringly original opera The Library of Maps, and only the second ever performance of the work since its premiere, THE LIBRARY OF MAPS will be staged aboard the iconic RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, moving the audience into multiple space with one of Oliveros’ most wildly inventive, improvisatory and poetic operas all set against the 1960s historic interior and rich past of the famed ocean liner.  This new production will pay tribute to Pauline Oliveros' own experimentation with actors, singers, visual art, dance and deep poetic meaning and features a score for the rare orchestral ensemble of accordion, trombone and traditional Japanese koto. In two performances that will also differ slightly, it promises to be an experience that channels decades of musical interplay within boundary-dissolving music making from Oliveros in one of Long Beach’s most iconic historic settings.