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North American Works Directory Listing
| Composer: |
Leonard Bernstein
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| Librettist: |
Stephen Wadsworth
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Stephen Wadsworth (Director)
John Mauceri (Conductor)
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| Original Cast: |
Chester Ludgin (Sam)
Timothy Nolen (Junior, Sam's son)
Sheri Greenwald (Dede, Sam's daughter)
Peter Kazaras (François, Junior's boyfriend, later Dede's husband)
Edward Crofts (Sam as a young man)
Diane Kesling (Dinah, Sam's wife)
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| Premiere Date: |
June 17, 1983
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| Producing Company: |
Houston Grand Opera
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| Description: |
Dede, Junior, François and friends gather at Dinah's funeral. Sam, Dinah’s widowed husband, is estranged from his family and stands isolated in a corner. During the funeral ceremony, Sam and Junior come to blows. The coffin lid is knocked shut with a crash; Junior, left alone, becomes aware of his disarray and tenderly runs his hand across his mother's coffin. At home later that evening, Sam is alone; reading Dinah’s old diaries evokes a memory of thirty years ago. The first half of Trouble in Tahiti is reenacted, as a flashback in Sam's mind. Sam’s reverie is interrupted when Dede comes shyly to visit him. Next door in Junior’s room, François confronts Junior with his behavior at the funeral parlor. Father and daughter embrace; Junior collapses in François' arms. Dede and François meet in the hallway, where François breaks down, overcome by the strain of the day. Sam finds a trophy on a shelf, which reawakens his memory, and the final scenes from Tahiti are enacted. The next morning, Dede and Junior play games remembered from childhood. François joins them, and then Sam appears, deciding to welcome François into the family. Sam reads aloud from Dinah’s diary, and in another emotional disagreement Junior hurls Dinah's diary into the air. With the pages of Dinah's diary scattered about on the ground, they recognize one by one that they can learn to communicate and reach out to one another.
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| Character List (Major): |
Dede (s)
François (t)
Junior (bar)
Old Sam (b-bar)
Dinah (mz)
Young Sam (bar)
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| Character List (Minor): |
Funeral Director (t)
Bill (bar)
Susie (mz)
Analyst (t)
Doc (b)
Mrs. Doc (mz)
Jazz Trio (s or s, h-T, h-Bar)
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| Reviews: |
New York Times, Donal Henahan, 6/20/1983; New York Times, Bernard Holland, 7/24/1984; The Opera Quarterly, 1989 6(3): 162-165; The Washington Post, Joseph McLellan, 3/20/1988;
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| Chorus: |
Yes (in pit)
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| Orchestration: |
3(II=afl,III=picc).2.corA.3(III=Ebcl).bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1- timp.perc(3-4):chimes/glsp/xyl/marimba/SD/2TD/BD/traps/hi-hat/ 3susp.cym/large susp.cym/cyms/finger cyms/bongo dr/2tom-t/tam-t/tamb/ 4pitched dr/2tgl//2wdbl/5tpl.bl/wind chimes/steel pipe/rasp/2sandpape r blocks-elec.bass-pft(=synth)-harp-strings
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| Musical Style: |
Poetic, Romantic; subjects - Contemporary, Relationships, Society
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| Contact: |
Boosey & Hawkes
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| Address: |
229 W 28th Street, Floor 11
New York, NY 10001
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| Phone: |
212-358-5300
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Schedule of Performances Listings
A Quiet Place
( Bernstein)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - New York City Opera
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