The Seagull (opera)

The Seagull (opera)

"The Seagull" is an opera in 3 acts by Thomas Pasatieri to an English libretto by Kenward Elmslie. The plot is based on Anton Chekhov's 1896 play, "The Seagull".

Performance History

The work had its world premiere at Houston Grand Opera on Date|1974-03-05 conducted by Charles Rosenkrans. Notable later productions include Seattle Opera (1976), Washington National Opera (1978), Atlanta Civic Opera (1980), Fort Worth Opera (1982) and the Manhattan School of Music (2002). On April 23, 2004 a revised version premiered on at the San Francisco Opera Center, a resident artist program of San Francisco Opera.

Roles

Recording

The first (and only) complete commercial recording of the opera is based on the live performance of the work's New York City premiere at the Manhattan School of Music.

Thomas Pasatieri: "The Seagull" (Keri Behan — Masha, Isai Jess Munoz — Medvedenko, Raymond Ayers — Constantine, Maxime Alvarez de Toledo — Sorin, Amy Shoremount-Obra — Nina, Amy Gough — Arkadina, Matthew Worth — Trigorin, Thomas Pertel — Shamrayeff, Sarah Kraus — Pauline, Alvaro Vallejo — Dr. Dorn; Manhattan School of Music Chorus and Orchestra, conductor David Gilbert). Albany Records TROY579-80 ASIN|B00008YJEH|title=Pasatieri, The Seagull

ources

*Davis, Peter G., [http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/classical/reviews/n_8182/ An Opera That Flies] , "New York Magazine", Date|2006-01-06. Review of the Manhattan School of Music performance (accessed Date|2007-10-05)
*Dyers, Richard, [http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/issue/article.aspx?id=2064&issueID=86&archive=true Reunion: Thomas Pasatieri] , "Opera News", April 2007, vol 71, no. 10 (accessed Date|2007-10-05)
*Midgette, Anne, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E6D7113AF937A25751C1A9649C8B63 Finding the Musical Romance in a Chekhov Play] , "New York Times", Date|2002-12-14. Review of the Manhattan School of Music performance (accessed Date|2007-10-05)
* [http://www.thomaspasatieri.com/seagull.html Thomas Pasatieri] official website (accessed Date|2007-10-05)


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