No Exit (opera)

No Exit (opera)

No Exit is a one-act chamber opera by Andy Vores based on the 1944 existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The opera was written for Boston's Guerilla Opera and had its world premiere, directed by Sally Stunkel, on April 24, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory's Zack Box Theatre.[1] The opera received a second production by Chicago Opera Vanguard October 16-18, 2009 in the Hoover-Leppen Theater at the Center on Halsted.[2]

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 24 April 2008 Chicago Opera Vanguard Cast, 16-18 October 2009
Estelle soprano Aliana de la Guardia Susan Nelson
Inez mezzo-soprano Leslie Ann Leytham Caitlin McKechney
Garcin tenor Michael Rausch Matthew Newlin
Valet baritone Peter D. Weathers Peter D. Weathers

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