THE DELTA KING'S BLUES

World Premiere

December 2025

Pop-Up Theater @ 340 Maple Drive, DC| 2640 Space, Baltimore

Music by Damien Geter

Libretto by Jarrod Lee

Conducted by Darren Lin & Timothy Nelson

Directed by Alicia Washington

The first full opera commissioned by IN Series, this World Premiere of THE DELTA KING’S BLUES marks the culmination of a multi-year project to celebrate the legacy of legendary guitarist Robert Johnson with a “blues opera” that tells the Faustian story of the bargain he struck with the devil - selling his immortal soul to learn the language of the blues, America’s original music. An orchestra mix of blues and classical musicians joins a cast of leading artists from around the country and an immersive juke-joint experience that sings, dances, hollers, laughs, and mourns in a brilliant new score by Damien Geter and texts by Jarrod Lee.

Featuring

Melissa Wimbish, Albert Lee, Christian Simmons, Marvin Wayne Allen III, Anthony Ballard

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