Organization

Des Moines Metro Opera

Orchestra

Des Moines Metropolitan Opera Festival Orchestra

Regissör

Regissör (+1)

Shaun Patrick Tubbs

Dirigent

Dirigent (+2)

David Neely

Ljus designer

Bridget S Williams

Kostym designer

Kostym designer (+1)

Jacob Climer

Scenograf

Scenograf (+1)

Steven Kemp

Koreograf

Koreograf (+1)

Leah Tubbs

Dramaturg

Kate Pitt

Baryton (+4)

Justin Austin

Thomas McKeller

Tenor (+2)

William Burden

John Singer Sargent

Sopran

Mary Dunleavy

Isabella Stewart Gardner

Mezzosopran (+2)

Tesia Kwarteng

Ida Mae McDonald

Tenor

Alex McKissick

Nicola d'Inverno

Kontraalt (+1)

Kendra Faith Beasley

Florence McKeller

Mrs. Smithson

Baryton (+2)

Daniel Rich

Willie McDonald

Baryton (+1)

Shyheim Selvan Hinnant

Clarence

Master of Ceremonies

Sångare

Isaiah Traylor

George

Antonio Domino

Walter

Bas-baryton (+1)

Robert Frazier

Jimmy O'Donnelly

Mr. Carhart

Hayden Smith

Mr. Sparhawk

Video designer

Video designer (+1)

David Murakami

Peruker mästare

Sminkartist (+2)

Brittany Rappise

Sminkartist

Blank Performing Arts Center

Bas (+3)

Noah Mond

American Apollo gives voice to a pivotal figure in American art: Thomas Eugene McKeller, a Black hotel worker who served as a model and muse for famous portraitist John Singer Sargent. Themes of erasure, the white gaze and the nature of the relationship between the two men are explored in this powerful new work which makes its full-length world premiere in 2024.

Des Moines Metro Opera’s new production features baritone Justin Austin as Thomas Eugene McKeller, tenor William Burden making a company debut as John Singer Sargent, soprano Mary Dunleavy as Isabella Stewart Gardner, and DMMO Marshall and Judy Flapan Music Director and Principal Conductor David Neely leading the production alongside stage director Shaun Patrick Tubbs, who makes his company debut.

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