Music by Luna Pearl Woolf
Concept and Libretto by David Van Taylor
Based on Jamie Livingston’s “Photo Of the Day”
How can we hold onto each other with joy, even in the face of inevitable loss?
Each day for 18 years, Jamie Livingston documented his life by taking a single Polaroid—until his death at age 41. Then his “Photo of the Day” went online, creating an immediate global sensation years before Instagram launched. With music for chorus, orchestra, and soloists by Grammy nominee Luna Pearl Woolf (Fire & Flood) and a non-fiction libretto by acclaimed filmmaker David Van Taylor (Good Ol’ Charles Schulz), this multi-media oratorio explores our era’s strange alchemy of technology, memory, and community.
With
Special Guest Soloist
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Trinity Youth Chorus
Downtown Voices
NOVUS New York
Conducted by Kamna Gupta
Directed by Ty Defoe
Commissioned by the Perelman Performing Arts Center,
Co-Produced with Trinity Church Wall Street
Polaroid photos by Jamie Livingston.
Premiering April 12-14, 2024, at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York City. Tickets and Information.
Luna Pearl Woolf 
So thankful I got to see this on Sunday afternoon. A beautiful tribute. A moving reminder to live in the moment. Each moment matters.