Kurt Weill: Street Scene

The story

The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.

Cast

J Janice CairnsAnna Maurrant L Lesley GarrettRose Maurrant K Kevin AndersonSam Kaplan M Mark RichardsonFrank Maurrant D Daniel IsonWillie Maurrant T Terry JenkinsAbraham Kaplan R Richard HaltonHarry Easter K Keel WatsonHenry Davis P Philip GouldDick McGann C Caroline O'ConnorMae Jones A Anthony MeeLippo Fiorentino C Christine BunningGreta Fiorentino

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M Meriel DickinsonEmma Jones S Shelagh SquiresOlga Olsen H Harry NicollDaniel Buchanan Y Yvette BonnerJennie Hildebrand