Organization

Admin

Opera Saratoga

Conductor

Julian Gau

Stage director

Mary Birnbaum

Singer

Britt Hewitt

Marina

Syrena Torres

Katie

Lisa Buhelos

Bebe Barbelle

Lauren Nash Silberstein

Beryl Barbelle

Annie Chester

Bernice Barbelle

Katie: The Strongest Of The Strong

Troy

United States

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Saratoga Springs

The Children's Museum at Saratoga

Glens Falls

The Hyde Collection

Katie: The Strongest Of The Strong Chiao

Public

Delfina Gago

Approved

Katie: Strongest of the Strong is the true story of Katie Sandwina – a circus strongwoman who defied cultural expectations of women and was instrumental in the U.S. suffrage movement in the 1900s. Featuring an all-female cast, the HGO original commission is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights.

Katie and her husband Max move from Austria to the U.S., where she joins Barnum and Bailey Circus, becomes a mother, and teams up with Marina, a young journalist, to fight for the voting rights of women.

With an all-female cast, this 2020 HGO commission from composer Faye Chiao and librettist Anton Dudley is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights.

The 45-minute opera celebrates women’s strength and confidence through the inspiring true story of protagonist Katie Sandwina. The story, shared from the perspective of journalist Marina Martin, features a chorus of circus women who play multiple characters and demonstrate how strength and beauty come in all shapes and sizes.

English

Katie: The Strongest Of The Strong by Chiao, From (2024/2024), Directed by Mary Birnbaum,, Conductor Julian Gau, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, United States

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