The Grapes of Wrath
Nov. 15, 18, 21, 23, 2008
America’s greatest epic comes to the stage in a new opera that’s taken audiences and critics by storm. Follow the Joad family as they pursue the American Dream from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the orchards of California. Obie-winning composer Ricky Ian Gordon and Tony-nominated librettist Michael Korie fuse the traditions of opera and Broadway with blues, Appalachian music, and echoes of Copland and Gershwin.
It’s a journey you’ll never forget.
All shows at the Benedum Center.
Co-Commissioned by The Minnesota Opera and Utah Symphony & Opera. This is the premiere of the revised version of The Grapes of Wrath.
Sung in English with English words projected above the stage.
Estimated performance time: 3 hours and 30 minutes, including two intermissions.
Read The Story and hear The Music.
This production generously sponsored by:
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“The Last Time There was Rain” Minnesota Opera
“The great American opera? The Grapes of Wrath might be it.”
– Opera Today
“A sweeping panorama filled with passion, drama, and poignancy.”
– Deseret Morning News
“Smart, funny, touching, harrowing”
– Minneapolis Star-Tribune
The CastRosasharn: Danielle Pastin |
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The ProductionConductor: Richard Buckley |
Cast and opera are subject to change without notice.