Nine Rivers from Jordan

Operas by Hugo Weisgall
The Stronger (1952) Six Characters in Search of an Author (1959) Nine Rivers from Jordan (1968) Will You Marry Me? (1989) Esther (1993)
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Nine Rivers from Jordan is an opera in a prologue and three acts by composer Hugo Weisgall. The work uses an English libretto by Denis Johnston and tells the story of a British soldier during World War II who lets a prisoner of war escape. The work premiered on October 9, 1968 at the New York City Opera.^[1]

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast,[1] October 9, 1968 (Conductor: – Gustav Meier)
Private Don Hanwell	baritone	Julian Patrick
Sergeant Abe Goldberg	bass	Joshua Hecht
Copperhead Kelly	baritone	Paul Huddleston
Otto Suder	tenor	David Clements
Salt Woman/The Pieta/Woman D.P.	soprano	Eileen Schauler
Lieutenant Jean l'Aiglon	tenor	William Brown
Father Matteo Angelino	bass	William Ledbetter
Major Mark Lyon	tenor	John Lankston
Captain Reverend Lucius Bull	bass-baritone	Will Roy
Andrew, the Highlander	tenor	John Stewart
Dead Man	tenor	Joaquín Romaguera
Little Jim Clap	tenor	Kellis Miller
Pepper Johnny	baritone	Raymond Gibbs
Tom Tosser	tenor	Nico Castel
Simple Simon	baritone	Raymond Papay
Sergeant Pete Fisher	bass-baritone	Michael Devlin

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Harold C. Schonberg (October 10, 1968). "Opera: 'Nine Rivers From Jordan' Has Premiere; City Troupe Performs Hugo Weisgall's Work Johnston Libretto Full of Religious Symbolism". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A15FC355C147493C2A8178BD95F4C8685F9&scp=51&sq=%22Hugo+Weisgall%22&st=p.