Pensacola Opera is set to present Zach Redler’s chamber opera “The Falling and the Rising” on Nov. 20 and 21 at the University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

The opera centers on a female soldier who video chats with her daughter while deployed overseas. After she is injured in an IED attack, she lies in a coma and encounters fellow service members in a dreamscape, taking in their stories as she fights to make it home.

Soprano Chase Sanders sings the lead role of Soldier. She is joined by mezzo-soprano Sydney Sorbet as Toledo, tenor Max Alexander Cook as Jumper, baritone Robbie Raso as Homecoming Soldier, and baritone Joseph O’Shea as Colonel.

Cody Martin conducts and Dean Anthony directs.

The production adds a chorus of 12 local veterans and service members from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy, who sing about what they sacrificed during service and what they received in return. Some tickets have been donated to VetTix, allowing members of that program to attend for free.

“If you were going to watch ‘The Falling and the Rising’ for the very first time, what I hope that you would encounter is a story about family and about service,” Dye said, per an official press release.

Both performances kick off at 7:30 p.m.