Organization

Singer

Baritone

John Fulton

General Airlie

Bartender

Bass-baritone

Jeremy Harr

Bookseller

French Priest

Technician

Party Guest

Conductor

Adam Turner

Stage director

Kevin Newbury

Tenor

Andres Acosta

Timothy Laughlin

Joseph Lattanzi

Hawkins Fuller

Soprano

Katrina Thurman

Miss Lightfoot

Kaileigh Riess

Lucy

Kyle White

Tommy McIntyre

Katherine Pracht

Mary Johnson

Senator Charles Potter

Joshua Jeremiah

Estonian Frank

Interrogator

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Sen. Potter's Assistant

Virginia Opera

Orchestra

Virginia Symphony Orchestra

English

Fellow Travelers

Richmond

United States

Dominion Energy Center

Dominion Arts Center

Fairfax

George Mason University for the Arts

Norfolk

Harrison Opera House

Fellow Travelers Spears

Public

Approved

Join Virginia Opera's Resident Scholar Josh Borths for an in-depth look at Fellow Travelers! The opera premiered in 2016, but the makings of the work go back to the 1950s Lavender Scare.

Let's Talk Opera - Fellow Travelers

Fellow Travelers is thrilling, steamy, and will have you on the edge of your seat! The 1950s had its own sense of style, and its very real problems. Fellow Travelers follows the story of a love affair between two men caught in the turbulent moment of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “Lavender Scare” – an overt policy to drive homosexuality out of government service. The very real struggles resulting from this witch-hunt end in a stunning act of betrayal. A Commonwealth premiere by Virginia-native, composer Gregory Spears.

Fellow Travelers by Spears, From (2023/2023), Directed by Kevin Newbury,, Conductor Adam Turner, Harrison Opera House, Norfolk, United States

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