An American Opera in two acts
Libretto
Elmer Rice after Langston Hughes
Premiere
9 January 1947, New York (Adelphi Theater)
Cast
ANNA MAURRANT (soprano)
ROSE MAURRANT (soprano)
MRS JONES (mezzo-soprano)
MRS FIORENTINO (soprano)
MRS OLSEN (contralto)
SAM KAPLAN (tenor)
FRANK MAURRANT (bass)
HARRY EASTWER (baritone)
WILLY MAURRANT, boy (soprano)
HENRY DAVIS (baritone)
MR BUCHANAN (tenor)
MR FIORENTINO (tenor)
JENNIE HILDEBRAND (mezzo-soprano)
MRS HILDEBRAND (mezzo-soprano)
MR JONES (baritone)
MR KAPLAN (tenor)
2 NURSEMAIDS (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
CHORUS
neighbours
Place
The sidewalk aotside a tenement block in New York City
Time
1940