08/13/16 – Moby Dick – 1pm
LA Opera On Air
Moby Dick
- BY JAKE HEGGIE AND GENE SCHEER
- Three hours, including one intermission
- SUNG IN ENGLISH
- front-page photo credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera
OVERVIEW
“Call it a success… A whale tale with staying power” – Los Angeles Times
“Theatrically stunning… epic in scale. A vibrant, compelling piece of musical theater” – San Francisco Chronicle
Epic in every sense of the word, Moby-Dick comes to Los Angeles after a series of sold out triumphs around the world. Returning as Captain Ahab is the sensational Jay Hunter Morris, whose “fiery brilliance in his resplendent upper range captured both Ahab’s inner strength and demonic possession” (SanDiego.com). Based on Herman Melville’s classic novel, Jake Heggie’s sweeping, gorgeously detailed score has already taken its rightful place as a true contemporary masterpiece.
With astonishing visual effects and a magnificent musical score, one of the very greatest of all American novels comes thrillingly to life on the stage. A fanatical sea captain’s unrelenting obsession for revenge drives his entire crew into the face of death and destruction as they explore the vast and mysterious oceans in search of a monster.
CAST
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Captain Ahab
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Greenhorn
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Starbuck, first mate
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Starbuck, first mate (Nov. 28)
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Queequeg, a harpooner
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Pip, cabin boy
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Stubb, second mate
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Flask, third mate
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Captain Gardiner
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Tashtego, a harpooner
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Daggoo, a harpooner
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Nantucket Sailor
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Spanish Sailor
CREATIVE TEAM
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Composer
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Librettist
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Conductor
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Production
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Set Designer
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Costume Designer
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Lighting Designer
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Original Lighting Design
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Projection Designer
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Associate Director and Choreographer
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Fight Director
* LA Opera debut artist
+ Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program member
++ Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program alumnus
