Elizabeth Cree
Composer: Kevin Puts
Librettist: Mark Campbell
Company: Glimmerglass Festival
Performance Dates | |
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Sunday, July 28, 2024 | Matinee |
Saturday, August 03, 2024 | |
Saturday, August 10, 2024 | Matinee |
Monday, August 12, 2024 | Matinee |
Friday, August 16, 2024 | |
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | Matinee |
Synopsis
Set in London in the 1880s, this highly suspenseful and theatrical opera interweaves several narratives: the trial of the titular heroine for the poisoning of her husband; a series of brutal murders committed by a Jack the Ripper-style killer; the spirited world of an English music hall; and, finally, some “guest appearances” by luminaries from the Victorian Age. Elizabeth Cree is a work that combines the factual with the fictive and the historical with the imaginary