Name: Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl
Start: 2018-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Chopin Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Catherine O’Shaughnessy

Stage director

George Cederquist

Set designer

Brad Caleb Lee

Costume designer

Stephanie Cluggish

Lighting designer

Jay Koch

Assistant Stage Director

Alexis Randolph

Soprano

Jessie Lyons

Lucia

2. Lucia

Contralto

Melissa Arning

Mother Bayard

Ermengarde

Tierra Whetstone -Christian

Baritone

Gabriel Di Gennaro

Roderick

Andrew Groble

Bass

Zachary Angus

Brandon

Tenor

Jonathan Zeng

Charles

Mezzo-soprano

Naomi Brigell

Genevieve

Megan Fletcher

Leonora

Thomas Bailey

2. Roderick

Chicago Fringe Opera

Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl -  (The Long Christmas Dinner)

Chicago

United States

Chopin Theatre

Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl Hindemith

Public

The Long Christmas Dinner

Approved

A simultaneous view of the past, present and future, allowing us to choose whether to perceive such overlap as misfortune, or consolation, or both at once.
American playwright Thornton Wilder (who wrote Our Town) adapted his own play for German composer Paul Hindemith’s 1963 English-language chamber opera.  A series of Christmas dinners are celebrated by one family over a period of ninety years, fused into a single, long meal. Hindemith’s expressive music reveals what Wilder called the “mill of time”:  a simultaneous view of the past, present, and future, allowing us to choose whether to perceive such overlap as misfortune, or consolation, or both at once. Audiences will enjoy Parlor Songs performed by the cast before the main opera.

Bar accepts cash only.

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This project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

English

The Long Christmas Dinner by Hindemith, Fri 16 Nov 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by George Cederquist,, Conductor Catherine O’Shaughnessy, Chopin Theatre, Chicago, United States

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