Kurt Weill: Street Scene

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Music

Duration:

148 minutes

Year:

1993

Director:

Barrie Gavin

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Company:

BBC

Cast:

Anna Maurrant

Rose Maurrant

Sam Kaplan

Frank Maurrant

Willie Maurrant

Crew:

Music

Book

Conductor

Director

Songs