Postcard from Morocco

Dominick Argento
Libretto by John Donahue

2012

Merola Program

San Francisco Opera

Creative Team:

Conductor: Mark Morash
Choreography: Melecio Estrella
Set Designer: Nicholas Muni
Costume Designer: Kristi Johnson
Lighting Designer: Justin Partier

Cast:

Lady with a Cake Box: Aviva Fortunata: Soprano
Man with a Paint Box: AJ Glueckert
Man with a Shoe Sample Kit: Joseph Lattanzi
Lady with a Hand Mirror: Suzanne Rigden
Man with a Cornet Case / Puppet Master: Matthew Scollin
Lady with a Hat Box / Foreign Singer: Carolyn Sproule
Man with Old Luggage: Andrew Stenson

Using projections of a period train station plus imaginative costumes on a simple raked platform, the production unpacked the schizophrenic world of the piece with charm, wit, and heart.  Kazaras’s skillful direction of the talented Merola artists encouraged them each to achieve startling performances. 

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Photo Credit: Kristen Loken

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