Joe Illick

Joe Illick has written nine operas, four of them with librettist Mark Campbell (the other three being Stone Soup, Bernadette’s Cozy Book Nook, and Ricky). His opera Feel the Tango (libretto by Susan Westfall) has been performed in Fort Worth, Santa Fe, Shreveport and Nashville. Zozobra: The Revenge (libretto by Doug Preston) was premiered in Santa Fe at the end of August, 2024. UnShakeable (libretto by Andrea Fellows Fineberg) has been performed throughout New Mexico and Colorado by the Santa Fe Opera, and later by Opera Charleston as part of the Spoleto Festival and by Opera Omaha.