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North American Works Directory Listing
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Paul Moravec
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| Librettist: |
Terry Teachout
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Patrick Summers (Conductor)
Jonathan Kent (Director)
Hildegard Bechtler (Scenic Designer)
Tom Ford (Costume Designer)
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| Original Cast: |
Patricia Racette (Leslie Crosbie)
Mika Shigematsu (Chinese Woman)
Roger Honeywell (Geoff Hammond)
Rodell Rosel (Ong Chi Seng)
Keith Jameson (John Withers)
James Maddalena (Howard Joyce)
Anthony Michaels-Moore (Robert Crosbie)
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| Premiere Date: |
July 25, 2009
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| Producing Company: |
Santa Fe Opera
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| Description: |
A hard-boiled dame cooks up her own little Singapore fling. Her double-crossing lover gets a lethal dose of lead as a lovely parting gift. Her sap of a husband helps her get away with murder. Almost… Opera’s classic ingredients—lust, adultery, and revenge—are dished up noir style in this world premiere production.
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| Character List (Major): |
Leslie Crosbie, an Englishwoman living in Malaysia(s)
Robert Crosbie, Leslie's husban, the manager of a rubber plantation(bar)
Geoff Hammond, their neighbor(t)
Howard Joyce, a Singapore lawyer(b-bar)
Ong Chi Seng, Joyce's confidential clerk(t)
Chinese Woman(mz)
John Withers, a colonial official(t)
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| Character List (Minor): |
Head Man(t)
First Clubman(t)
Second Clubman(bar)
A Judge(b)
A Guard(t)
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| Orchestration: |
picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, eh, 2 cl, bcl, tsax, bsn - 4 hrn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn - timp - 2 perc, hp - str
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| Contact: |
Suzanne Ford
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| Address: |
Subito Music Publishing
Verona, NJ
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| Phone: |
973-857-3440
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Schedule of Performances Listings
The Letter
( Philador)
Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Santa Fe Opera
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