Directed by: Lawrence Edelson
Music and Libretto by: Gian Carlo Menotti
Original Production
July 2018 - Opera Saratoga
DESIGNERS
Cameron Anderson - Scenic Designer
Glenn Avery Breed - Costume Designer
Brandon Stirling Baker - Lighting Designer
Sondra Nottingham - Wig and Makeup Designer
ORIGINAL CAST
Andrew Bisantz - Conductor
Meghan Kasanders - Magda Sorel
Jennifer Panara - Secretary
Deborah Nansteel - The Mother
Robert Wesley Mason - John Sorel
Tyler Nelson - Nika Magadoff
Nate Mattingly - Secret Police Agent
Kelly Glyptis - Foreign Woman
Ellen Leslie - Anna Gomez
Paulina Villarreal - Vera Boronel
Garrett Obrycki - Mr. Kofner
Nicholas G. Yaquinto - Assan
Zachary Barba, Zackery Morris - Plainclothes Policemen
Reviews
"Opera Saratoga’s Artistic and General Director Lawrence Edelson has tackled vital political issues in his programming before, but even he can’t have realized how timely Gian Carlo Menotti’s Cold War “Broadway opera” The Consul (1950) would be this summer. Seen on July 9, Edelson’s production proved tight and riveting.”
- Opera News
"Now in its fourth season under the leadership of Lawrence Edelson, Opera Saratoga has redoubled its commitment to producing modern operas, and is doing so at a very high level... Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul (1950) is an American classic, and although its story—about a persecuted family applying hopelessly for asylum in a neighboring, unidentified country—has particular resonance today, Opera Saratoga’s polished staging, directed by Mr. Edelson, mostly eschewed up-to-the-minute references and let the piece speak for itself... The staging embraced the full-throated Puccini-esque melodrama of Mr. Menotti’s score and dramaturgy.”
- The Wall Street Journal
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