World Premiere
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2007-2008
Language
English
Commission
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Sara Jobin(10/24)
Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Fight Choreographer
Wig and Makeup Designer
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Production Super Captain
Cast
Julia Dent Grant
Mary Custis Lee
Julia Agnes Lee
Mary Todd Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Brigadier General John A. Rawlins
Colonel Eli Parker
Robert E. Lee
Brian Leerhuber(10/24)
General Howell Cobb
Brigadier General Edward Alexander
T. Morris Chester
Old Man
Young Man
Freed Slave
Naval Officer
Wilmer McLean
Civil Rights Marcher
Confederate Soldier
Captain
Brigadier General
Edgar Ray Killen
Show Dates
Broadcast
9/20/2008 delayed broadcast, WFMT.
Time and Place
Virginia, 1865, and later times
Scenes
One intermission
Media
Acknowledgements
This production is made possible by John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Additional support provided, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Legacy Commission
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera
Notes
WORLD PREMIERE
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera
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9/20/2008 delayed broadcast, WFMT.
Sung in English with English supertitles
Costumes, props, wigs, and scenic elements constructed
in the San Francisco Opera workshops