The Wreckers
Written by Dame Ethel Smyth, English composer and leader in the women’s suffrage movement, The Wreckers was first performed in Germany in 1906 and was mounted in the composer’s homeland in 1909. This powerful three-act opera about piracy, love, and betrayal in a community of religious fanatics received its U.S. premiere in 2015 at Bard SummerScape in a penetrating production directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein.
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger · Written by Ethel Smyth
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Cast
- Katharine Goeldner Thirza
- Sky Ingram Avis
- Louis Otey Pascoe
- Neal Cooper Mark
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Michael Mayes Lawrence - Dennis Petersen Tallan
- Kendra Brown Jack
- Peter Van Derick Harvey
- Daniel Hoy One Man
Make it a double feature
2h 19m together
The Wreckers
Magical Maestro
A close match in mood and era.
