Vera Starbuck
32:18 - 33:12
"this was, for me, my introduction into it was 8 and a half years ago. We had to go back and do the dates. 8 And a half years ago, I was attending a premiere opening night at Perseverance Theater, and Dr. Rosita Worrell comes, sits by me in the lobby, And she's like, "You know, we really should have like the battles of Sitka in an opera form.""
“this was, for me, my introduction into it was 8 and a half years ago. We had to go back and do the dates. 8 And a half years ago, I was attending a premiere opening night at Perseverance Theater, and Dr. Rosita Worrell comes, sits by me in the lobby, And she's like, "You know, we really should have like the battles of Sitka in an opera form."”
- Speaker
- Vera Starbuck
- Timestamp
- 32:18 – 33:12
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 28, 2026
From the transcript
Different kind of tears. I just wanted to really like highlight the inception of this because this was, for me, my introduction into it was 8 and a half years ago. We had to go back and do the dates. 8 And a half years ago, I was attending a premiere opening night at Perseverance Theater, and Dr. Rosita Worrell comes, sits by me in the lobby, And she's like, "You know, we really should have like the battles of Sitka in an opera form." And I was like, "That's an amazing idea. Like, you should do that." She's like, "Wouldn't it be great if someone would write that opera, the battles of Sitka?" And I was like, "Someone should." And she goes, "Don't you think someone should write that?" And I finally was like, I was like, are you saying I should write this in opera?
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