Opera in Two Acts

Libretto by Greg Pierce

Creative Team

For the original production at the Metropolitan Opera, November-December 2022

Director Phelim McDermott
Set and costume designer Tom Pye
Choreographer Annie-B Parson
Lighting Designer Bruno Poet
Projection Designer Finn Ross
Dramaturg Paul Cremo

Conductor of original production Yannick Nézet-Séguin

CAST

(includes cast of original production at the Metropolitan Opera, November-December 2022)

Clarissa Vaughn: Soprano (Renée Fleming)
Laura Brown: Soprano (Kelli O’Hara)
Kitty: Laura’s neighbor/Vanessa: Virginia’s sister: Soprano (Sylvia D’Eramo)
Barbara: a florist / Mrs. Latch: Richie’s babysitter: Lyric Soprano (Kathleen Kim)
Sally: Clarissa’s partner: Mezzo-Soprano (Denyce Graves)
Virginia Woolf: Mezzo-Soprano (Joyce DiDonato)
Nelly: the Woolfs’ cook: Mezzo-Soprano (Eve Gigliotti)
Man Under the Arch / Hotel Clerk: Countertenor (John Holiday)
Leonard: Virginia’s husband:Tenor (Sean Panikkar)
Louis: Richard’s ex-boyfriend: Tenor (William Burden)
Walter: a novelist: Tenor (Tony Stevenson)
Richard: Clarissa’s best friend: Baritone (Kyle Ketelson)
Dan: Laura’s husband: Bass-Baritone (Brandon Cedel)
Richie: Laura and Dan’s son: Boy Soprano
Julian: Vanessa’s oldest child
Quentin: Vanessa’s middle child
Angelica: Vanessa’s youngest child
Mrs. Dalloway (a dancer)
Septimus Warren Smith (a dancer)
Chorus

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