POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO

Music by Dominick Argento   Libretto by John Donahue
Directed by Nancy Rhodes   Conducted by Jack Gaughan

“The inventive direction by Rhodes was thoughtfully conceived and executed with the kind of ensemble polish one has come to expect from an Encompass production.” - Peter G. Davis, The New York Times

Postcard From Morocco is Dominick Argento’s fourth opera and was commissioned and premiered by the Center Opera Company (now the Minnesota Opera) on October 14, 1971.

The opera takes place in a railway station of Morocco or someplace hot, strange, exotic, sometimes romantic and also like a memory (1914). There are entertainments present and waiters at tables, a curious daytime floor show for the benefit of the train-waiting guests. Around this place of waiting are scattered the people, some are real and some are not. Accompanying this little comedy is an Algerian orchestra that provides music for all the eating, wedding, dancing and various other divertissements that take place throughout.

STAFF
Nancy Rhodes (Stage Director)
Jack Gaughan (Musical Director)
Michael C. Smith (Set Designer)
William Campbell (Costume Designer)
Jerry J. Thomas (General Manager)
Arnold Ross (Composers/Librettists Program)
Vicki Kahn (Production Associate)
Cori Stern (Property Manager)

CAST
Jane Garzo (A Lady with a Hand Mirror)
William R. Pell (A Man with the Paint Box)
Joseph Porrello (A Man with Old Luggage)
Julie Pasqual (Entertainer)
James Rainbow (Entertainer)
Joseph Warner (A Man with a Cornet Case)

Thanks to Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theatre, Michelle Raymond, John Cooper, Nannett Reynolds, Fran Schopick.

Women’s dresses built by Gary Stengel. The lobby has been redesigned by Holmes Easley. Financial planning by Cole Associates.