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Ausrine Stundyte as Cio-Cio-San, Elizabeth Janes as Butterfly’s child and Sarah Larsen as Suzuki in Seattle Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Photo by Elise Bakketun.
North American Works Directory Listing
The Jungle Book
Composer: Evelyn Swensson
Librettist: Joseph Robinette
Other Artistic Personnel: Leland Kimball, Director and Designer; Will Kenyon, Lighting Designer; Wanda Williams, Costume Designer
Original Cast: Jim Burns, Ruben del Pilar, Rob Hull, Steve Gleich, John Dennison, Jonnie Holzman, Alan Wagner, Elliot Jones
Premiere Date: March 02, 1996
Producing Company: OperaDelaware
Description: The Prologue and Epilogue take place at a boy's boarding school in England (1880) where Rudyard Kipling wins a prize for his short stories. The stories come to life in India. Kipling becomes Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves. The animals reject him because he is a man, but he is adopted by a kind woman whose son was killed by a tiger. Through these experiences, Mowgli gains wisdom and inner strength.
Length: 01:10
Chorus: Chorus, Children's Chorus
Orchestration: syn, pf, 2 perc, several Indian instruments
Musical Style: Tonal with Indian overtones
Contact: Opera Delaware
Address: 4 South Poplar Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
E-mail Address: lkimball@dca.net
Phone: 302-658-8063
Schedule of Performances Listings
The Jungle Book (Swensson)
Saturday, March 02, 1996 - OperaDelaware

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