On Sept. 11, Sealaska Heritage Institute and Juneau’s Perseverance Theatre co-produced “Kutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles,” the first Tlingit opera in recorded history. Composer Edward Littlefield and librettist Vera Starbard’s opera focuses on stories from the Tlingit-Russian Wars in Alaska and is based on historical facts and oral traditions as told from the Tlingit perspective. The work was created alongside translator and {…}