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North American Works Directory Listing
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Ricky Ian Gordon
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| Composer Bio: |
Ricky Ian Gordon was born on May 15, 1956 in Oceanside, NY and raised on Long Island. After studying composition at Carnegie Mellon University, he settled in New York City, where he quickly emerged as a leading writer of vocal music that spans art song, opera, and musical theater. Mr. Gordon's songs have been performed and or recorded by such internationally renowned singers as Renee Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Audra MacDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Frederica Von Stade, Andrea Marcovicci, Harolyn Blackwell, and Betty Buckley, among many others.
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| Librettist: |
Michael Korie
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Grant Gershon (Conductor)
Eric Simonson (Stage Director and Dramaturg)
Doug Scholz-Carlson (Assistant Director)
Allen Moyer (Set Designer)
Kärin Kopischke (Costume Designer)
Robert Wierzel (Lighting Designer)
Wendall Harrington (Projections Designer)
C. Andrew Mayer (Sound Designer)
Doug Varone (Choreographer)
Heidi Spesard-Noble (Assistant Choreographer)
Tom Watson & Associates (Wig Master & Makeup)
Alexander Farino (Production Stage Manager)
Angie Spencer and Casey Martin (Assistant Stage Managers)
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| Original Cast: |
Brian Leerhuber (Tom Joad)
Deanne Meek (Ma Joad)
Kelly Kaduce (Rosasharn)
Roger Honeywell (Jim Casy)
Peter Halverson (Pa Joad)
Robert Orth (Uncle John)
Rosalind Elias (Granma)
Dan Dressen (Grampa)
Andrew Wilkowske (Noah)
Joshua Kohl (Al)
Jesse Blumberg (Connie Rivers)
Maeve Moynihan (Ruthie)
Henry Bushnell (Winfield)
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| Premiere Date: |
February 10, 2007
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| Producing Company: |
The Minnesota Opera
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| Description: |
John Steinbeck’s classic tale of the Joad family’s odyssey from drought stricken Oklahoma to the illusory “green pastures” of southern California is one the great stories of survival. Full of fully-rounded, three-dimensional characters, some of whom die on the way and some of whom suffer and grow on the road to the “promised land,” the opera is remarkably faithful to the book. From the stirring opening chorus, “The Last Time There Was Rain,” to the remarkable final scene in which Rosasharn, whose baby has been stillborn, nurses a dying man, this large-scale opera preserves the biblical and socially progressive underpinnings of Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize winning book.
courtesy of Carl Fischer, Inc.
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| Character List (Major): |
Tom Joad, a released prisoner (bar)
Ma Joad, family matriarch (mz)
Rosasharn, Tom’s pregnant sister (s)
Jim Casy, a lapsed preacher (t)
Pa Joad, a tenant farmer (bar)
Uncle John, Pa’s brother (bar)
Granma, Pa and John’s mother (mz)
Grampa, her husband (t)
Noah, Tom’s slow-witted brother (b-bar)
Al, their younger brother (t)
Connie Rivers, Rosasharn's husband (bar)
Ruthie, their younger sister (child)
Winfield, their younger brother Henry (child)
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| Chorus: |
SATB Chorus
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| Orchestration: |
2 (picc.)/2 (eng. hn.)/2 (b. cl.)/2 (cbn.), a. sax., t. sax (b. sax.); 4/3/3 (b. trb)/1; timp., perc. (2), gtr. (banjo), harmonica, synth., hp.; str.
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| Contact: |
Carl Fischer, Inc.
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| Address: |
65 Bleecker Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10012
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| Phone: |
212-777-0900
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The Opera Fund Awardee Information
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2003
Repertoire Development
Consortium
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| Project Name: |
GRAPES OF WRATH
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| Awardee: |
Utah Symphony & Opera
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| Director: |
Eric Simonson
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| Conductor: |
Grant Gershon
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| Award Category: |
2006
Repertoire Development
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| Project Name: |
The Grapes of Wrath
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| Awardee: |
Minnesota Opera, The
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| Director: |
Eric Simonson
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| Conductor: |
Grant Gershon
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| Award Category: |
2007
Audience Development
Project
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| Project Name: |
THE GRAPES OF WRATH: Communtiy Outreach
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| Awardee: |
Minnesota Opera, The
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