Street Scene

American opera in two acts

book by Elmer Rice, based on his play of the same name

Edition: Matériel d'exécution

Détails du produit

Description

The story brings the audience into the lives of the tenants of a shabby apartment building in a street in 1920s New York. Filled with hope, violence, love and disappointment, their stories unfold on the pavement in the evening and following morning of this hot day in June.

Kurt Weill called the ‘American opera’ Street Scene, which was premièred in New York in 1947 and inspired by Elmar Rice’s play of the same name, his main musico-dramatic work. It was the fulfilment of his long-cherished dream to write an American opera. In fact, Street Scene is no superficial fusion of European opera and American Broadway music.

Orchestral Cast

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Programmation des personnes

Singing roles: Anna Maurrant · dramatic soprano - Frank Maurrant · bass-baritone - Willie Maurrant · boy soprano - Rose Maurrant · lyric soprano - Sam Kaplan · tenor - Abraham Kaplan · tenor buffo - Harry Easter · Broadway baritone - Henry Davis · baritone - Lippo Fiorentino · tenor - George Jones · baritone - Carl Olsen · bass - Mrs. Fiorentino · coloratura soprano - Mrs. Jones · mezzo-soprano - Mrs. Olsen · alto - Daniel Buchanan · buffo tenor - Jenny Hildebrand · soprano - 2nd graduate · soprano - 3rd graduate · mezzo-soprano - Mrs. Hildebrand · mezzo-soprano - Nursemaids · soprano, mezzo-soprano - three children - Dick McGann · singer-dancer - Mae Jones · singer-dancer
Speaking roles: Mrs. Jones, Steve Sankey, Shirley Kaplan, Vincent Jones, Dr. Wilson, Officer Murphy, city marshal, Fred Cullen, milkman, policeman, old clothes man, intern, ambulance driver, married couple, passerby, neighbors, children

Plus d'infos

Titre:

Street Scene

American opera in two acts

book by Elmer Rice, based on his play of the same name

lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice

German translation by Lys Symonette

Langue:

Allemand, Anglais

Edition:

Matériel d'exécution

Maison d'édition:

European American Music Corporation

Year of composition:

1946

Première:

9 janvier 1947 · New York, NY (USA)
Adelphi Theatre
Musikalische Leitung: Maurice Abravanel
Inszenierung: Charles Friedman
(scenic)

Détails techniques

Numéro du produit:

LEA 4220-01

Droits de livraison:

Droits de distribution pour l'Allemagne : Schott Music. Droits de distribution pour l'Europe sauf l'Allemagne : Universal Edition. Droits de distribution pour les autres pays : European American Music Corporation