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Music
and libretto by George Antheil (1900 - 1959)
World
premiere at Frankfurt Opera, Frankfurt, Germany, May 25, 1930
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| Conductor |
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David
Agler |
| Stage
Director |
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James
Robinson |
| Set
Designer |
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John
Conklin |
| Projection
Designer |
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Wendall
K. Harrington |
| Costume
Designer |
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James
Schuette |
| Lighting
Designer |
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Pat
Collins |
| Choreographer |
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Doug
Varone |
| Wig
Master and Makeup |
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Tom
Watson |
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| Cast
of Characters |
| HELEN,
a mysterious lady |
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Juliana
Rambaldi (Soprano) |
| HECTOR,
a presidential candidate |
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Karl
Daymond (Baritone) |
| AJAX,
a corrupt industrialist |
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Sherrill
Milnes (Bass) |
| JASON,
a gigolo |
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Mark
Calkins (Tenor) |
| LEO,
Hector's campaign treasurer |
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Dennis
Petersen (Tenor)
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| GLADYS,
Leo's flapper fiancee |
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Jane
Thorngren (Soprano) |
| FIRST
HENCHMAN |
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Robert Schmidt (Tenor) |
| SECOND
HENCHMAN |
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Brian Podolny (Baritone) |
| THIRD
HENCHMAN |
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Andrew Wilkowske (Bass) |
| REVUE
DANCER |
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Jonathan
Niel (Tenor) |
| GIRL |
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Esther Heideman (Soprano) |
| POLICE
CAPTAIN |
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Jeffrey Crane (Baritone) |
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Goons,
girls, typists, telegraphists, telephonists, criminals, police,
voters,
Salvation Army Band, cabaret guests, "Wets" and "Drys"
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Time: March to November,
a year in the late 1920s
Place: New York City
An opera in three
acts
There will be two intermissions.
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Minnesota Public
Radio
Opera Host: Brandi Parisi
Recording Engineer: Michael Osborne
Web Site Produced
by MPR Online Services
Site Producer: John Pearson
Site Design and Production: Michael Wells
Photos by Gary Mortensen
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Scenery
and costumes for this production are jointly owned by The Minnesota
Opera and New York City Opera and were constructed at The Minnesota
Opera shops.
This production of Transatlantic received funding from
OPERA America's The Next Stage.
The Next Stage is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts,
The John S. And James L. Knight Foundation, Phillip Morris Companies
Inc., and AT&T Foundation.
This production of Transatlantic also received funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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*Ecolab
Featured Artist
The Minnesota Opera season is proudly sponsored by USBank
Promotional support provided by Minnesota Monthly
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Used
by arrangement with European American Music Corporation.
Projections produced by Eriksson Design, Inc. NYC.
Large-format projection equipment provided by Production Arts.
Performances of Transatlantic are being taped for delayed
broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio
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