Kurt Weill: Street Scene (1993)
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.
Director: Barrie Gavin
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Janice Cairns as Anna Maurrant |
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Lesley Garrett as Rose Maurrant |
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Kevin Anderson as Sam Kaplan |
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Mark Richardson as Frank Maurrant |
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Daniel Ison as Willie Maurrant |
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Terry Jenkins as Abraham Kaplan |
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Richard Halton as Harry Easter |
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Keel Watson as Henry Davis |
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Philip Gould as Dick McGann |
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Caroline O'Connor as Mae Jones |
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Anthony Mee as Lippo Fiorentino |
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Christine Bunning as Greta Fiorentino |
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Meriel Dickinson as Emma Jones |
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Shelagh Squires as Olga Olsen |
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Harry Nicoll as Daniel Buchanan |
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Yvette Bonner as Jennie Hildebrand |
| Directing | Barrie Gavin | Director |
| Sound | James Holmes | Conductor |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Music |
| Writing | Elmer Rice | Book |
| Writing | Langston Hughes | Lyricist |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Songs |