Definitivamente parece que las nuevas creaciones en EEUU se hacen pensando en el público. Hoy se estrena, en la
Opera Theater of Saint Louis
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THE GOLDEN TICKET</center>
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basada en la conocidísima
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory de
Roald Dahl. La historia, con libreto de
Donald Sturrock, ha sido convertida en ópera por el compositor del
estado del maíz Peter Ash (1961-).
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Se trata de un encargo de la
American Lyric Theater, fundación americana cuya misión es promover la creación de un corpus operístico contemporáneo americano:
Citar:
American Lyric Theater (ALT) was founded in 2005 to build a new body of operatic repertoire for new audiences by nurturing composers and librettists, developing sustainable artistic collaborations, and contributing new works to the national canon.
ALT is not an opera company by any traditional definition. Many opera companies commission and perform new works; but ALT is the only company in the United States that offers extensive, full time mentorship for emerging operatic writers. While the traditional company model focuses on producing a season, ALT's programs focus on serving the needs of artists, developing new works, and collaborating with producing companies to help usher those works into the repertoire.
El reparto de este estreno es el siguiente:
<center>Conductor - Timothy Redmond *
Stage Director - James Robinson
Set Designer - Bruno Schwengl
Costume Designer - Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Designer - Christopher Akerlind
Wig & Makeup Design - Tom Watson
Choreographer - Séan Curran
Chorus Master - Sandra Horst
Charlie - Michael Kepler Meo
Willy Wonka - Daniel Okulitch*
Mike Teavee - David Trudgen*
Veruca Salt - Jennifer Rivera* º
Lord Salt - David Kravitz
Violet Beauregard - Tracy Dahl
Augustus Gloop - Andrew Drost*
Grandpa Joe - Frank Kelley
Beauregard/Grandpa George - Oren Gradus
Mrs. Gloop/Grandma Georgina - Kristin Clayton
Mrs. Teavee/Grandma Josephine - MaryAnn McCormick
Candy Mallow/Squirrelmistress - Jennifer Berkebile*† </center>
El favorito de un sector de foreros,
Gerald Finley, nos presenta en este video esta nueva ópera y canta un fragmento, en el papel de Willy Wonka:
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