Becoming Santa Claus is an opera in one act by American composer Mark Adamo. Adamo also wrote the English-language libretto.[1] Commissioned by the Dallas Opera, the work had its world premiere at the Winspear Opera House on December 4, 2015.[2] The opera has an approximate running time of 100 minutes.[3]

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type[4] Premiere cast,[5] 4 December 2015
Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume[6]
Queen Sophine mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera
Prince Claus tenor Jonathan Blalock
Donkey/Messenger bass Matt Boehler
Yan, an elf soprano Hila Plitmann
Ib, an elf mezzo-soprano Lucy Schaufer
Yab, an elf tenor Keith Jameson
Ob, an elf bass-baritone Kevin Burdette

See also

References

  1. ^ Catherine Womack (December 8, 2015). "The Dallas Opera Delivers a Wild Christmas Gift With Becoming Santa Claus". D Magazine.
  2. ^ Scott Cantrell (December 2015). "Becoming Santa Claus: Dallas". Opera News.
  3. ^ Mark Lowry (December 3, 2015). "Becoming Santa Claus adds opera to holiday calendar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  4. ^ "Becoming Santa Claus". Opera America. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Dallas Opera Presents World Premiere of Becoming Santa Claus Tonight". BroadwayWorld. December 4, 2015.
  6. ^ Gregory Sullivan Isaacs (December 7, 2015). "The Giving Season: The Dallas Opera ends its groundbreaking year of new works on the nice list with Mark Adamo's kaleidoscopic Becoming Santa Claus". Theaterjones.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015.

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