October 4, 2014

Dolores Claiborne - October 11, 2014

San Francisco Opera

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San Francisco Opera broadcasts continue on Classical 90.5 at noon this Saturday, October 11, with a performance of Dolores Claiborne by Tobias Picker. The libretto is by poet J. D. McClatchy, based on the novel Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. The work was commissioned and given its world premiere by San Francisco Opera. The performance will be sung in English and will run approximately two hours and thirty minutes. George Manahan is at the podium and James Robinson directs.

Desperate. Passionate. Trapped. Dolores Claiborne is willing to do whatever it takes to save herself and her daughter—even if that means taking a life. One of the most compelling characters to emerge from the imagination of Stephen King, the feisty Maine housekeeper is a natural fit for opera—and specifically for the dark theatricality of American composer Tobias Picker, who "embraces opera as a populist art form" and "does so with undeniable skill" says the The New York Times. Memorably played by Kathy Bates in the 1995 movie, Dolores is sung by Patricia Racette, "an artist at the peak of her powers" according to Opera News.

Please note that this chilling work contains adult language and themes.

THE CAST
Dolores Claiborne: Patricia Racette
Selena St George: Susannah Biller
Detective Thibodeau: Greg Fedderly
Vera Donovan: Elizabeth Futral
Joe St. George: Wayne Tigges

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