ASTOR AND PATIENCE
WORLD PREMIERE!
JULY 22, 26, 28 & 30, 2022 | 7:30 P.M.
JULY 24, 2022 | 3:00 P.M.
SCPA’S CORBETT THEATER
Music by Gregory Spears
Libretto by Tracy K. Smith
Sung in English with projected lyrics
A place called home
A long overdue family reunion finds two African American cousins at odds over the fate of a historic parcel of land they have inherited in the American South. Deeply relevant to ongoing calls for racial justice, Castor and Patience probes historical and continuing obstacles to Black land ownership in the United States. With powerful, soaring music by Gregory Spears, composer of our acclaimed 2016 commission Fellow Travelers, and an original libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, this timeless and topical premiere is the buzz of the opera world.
Patience Talise Trevigne
Castor Reginald Smith Jr.
Celeste Jennifer Johnson Cano
Wilhelmina Victoria Okafor
West Benjamin Taylor
Judah Frederick Ballentine
Ruthie Raven McMillon
Jane/Ensemble Zoie Reams
Nestor/Ensemble Victor Ryan Robertson
Cato/Ensemble Phillip Bullock
Composer Gregory Spears
Librettist Tracy K. Smith
Conductor Kazem Abdullah
Stage Director Kevin Newbury
Scenic Designer Vita Tzykun
Costume Designer Jessica Jahn
Image Designer Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Projection Designer S. Katy Tucker
Lighting Designer Thomas C. Hase
Wig & Makeup Designer James Geier
Featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
New production from Cincinnati Opera
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0kg5fyq5Nw