May 23 & 24

Conceived by Gustav Holst for a garden, Sāvitri finds its perfect landscape in Laguna Beach. This intimate opera will travel through backyard gardens across our city, unfolding in spaces where nature and music meet.

Fast facts

Sāvitri, Opus 25.
Chamber opera in one act
Composed by Gustav Holst
Libretto by Gustav Holst after an episode from the Mahābhārata
• Duration: about 30 minutes
• Composed: 1908 • Premiere: 5 December 1916, Wellington Hall, London

Synopsis: When Death claims her husband, Satyavān, Savitri meets him in fearless clarity. Seeking not to deny mortality but to affirm life in its fullness, she reveals love as the deeper reality, one that outlives fear and reshapes destiny.

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