Black Water: An American Opera - Joyce Carol Oates, John Duffy torrent

Category: Full Cast, Plays & Theater
Language: English
Keywords: L.A. Theatre Works

Written by Joyce Carol Oates, John Duffy
Read by David Lee Brewer, Reid Bruton, Stephanie Buckley, Karen Burlingame, Kimberly Graham, Linda Kerns, Erin Langston, Patrick Mason, John Savarese, Rob Shacklett
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Based on National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates’ novella about the Chappaquiddick scandal, this tragic and beautiful opera enthralls as a handsome senator uses his power to enchant, seduce, and carelessly destroy. Composed by John Duffy with libretto by Joyce Carol Oates.

Original music performed by Alan Johnson on the piano, Linda Wang on the violin, and Stanley Sharp on the cello.

Directed by Gordon Hunt

David Lee Brewer as Lucius Smith
Reid Bruton as Roy Annick
Stephanie Buckley as Buffy St. John
Karen Burlingame as Kelly Kelleher
Kimberly Graham as Jenny O’Brien
Linda Kerns as Michelle Ravel
Erin Langston as Sarah O’Connor
Patrick Mason as The Senator
John Savarese as Dwight Murphy
Rob Shacklett as Graeme Winthrop

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 1998.

1 hr and 32 mins