Opera Lafayette Presents "Silvain"

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