Opera Lafayette Presents “Silvain”
Where: El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Ave.
212-831-7272 Price: $30 - $100
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ANDRÉ GRÉTRY COMPOSER
FRANÇOIS MARMONTEL LIBRETTIST
RYAN BROWN CONDUCTOR
In French with dialogue in English and with English supertitles
In the early 19th century French entrepreneurs moved to the American southwest and acquired vast tracts of land from the Mexican government. They guaranteed the peasants who settled these lands the same privileges as those at the center of the drama in Grétry and Marmontel’s opera. Conflicts around these rights in the United States have continued to the present day and this story’s resonance in the New World has inspired Opera Lafayette’s setting of this modern premiere of Silvain. Learn more about the production here.
Join us for a pre-concert discussion at 6 PM
Artistic Team
Ryan Brown conductor
Tania Hernández Velasco stage direction and scenic images
Patricia Michaels costume design
Josh Higgason projection design
Linn Cary Mehta translation and adaptation
Cast (in order of appearance)
Camille Ortiz Hélène
Victor Sicard Dolmon Fils ainé sous le nom de Silvain
Samantha Louis-Jean Pauline
Teresa Castillo Lucette
Jehú Otero Bazile
Nathan Berg Dolmon père
The Opera Lafayette Orchestra
Chorus
Juan Hernandez
Gilbert Chavez
Jose M. Pietri-Coimbre
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