presents
HIGHWAY 1, USA
Music by William Grant Still
Libretto by Verna Arvey
THE DWARF
Music by Alexander Zemlinksy
Libretto by Georg C. Klaren,
based on Oscar Wilde’s The Birthday of the Infanta
HIGHWAY 1, USA CAST
Bob NORMAN GARRETT
MARY NICOLE HEASTON
Nate CHaz'Men Williams-Ali *
Aunt Lou Deborah Nansteel *
Sheriff Alan Williams †
Chorus Soloists
Sarabeth Belón, RALPH CATO*, Clara Chung*,
Christopher Craig, Corey Estelle*,
Sabrina Langlois, Solomon Reynolds*
Fox Kiara Benn
Hare CHeyanne Williams *
HIGHWAY 1, USA CREATIVE TEAM
CONDUCTOR JAMES CONLON
Director Kaneza Schaal
Production DESIGN Christopher Myers
Co-SCENIC DESIGNER Amy Rubin
CO-SCENIC DESIGNER Cheyanne Williams *
Costume DESIGNER Charlese Antoinette Jones *
LIGHTING DESIGNER PABLO SANTIAGO
CHORUS DIRECTOR JEREMY FRANK
FIGHT DIRECTOR Andrew Kenneth Moss
Assistant Conductor Kevin Miller
Asst. Director / Intimacy Director Sara E. Widzer
THE DWARF CAST
The Dwarf Rodrick Dixon
DoNna Clara Erica Petrocelli ‡
Ghita Emily Magee *
Don Estoban Kristinn Sigmundsson
First Maid Kathleen O'Mara †
Second Maid Deepa Johnny †
Third Maid Sarah Saturnino †
First Companion Tiffany Townsend ‡
Second COMPANION Madeleine Lyon †
THE DWARF CREATIVE TEAM
CONDUCTOR JAMES CONLON
DIRECTOR Darko Tresnjak
Scenic DESIGNer Ralph Funicello
COSTUME DESIGNER Linda Cho
LIGHTING DESIGNER PABLO SANTIAGO
CHORUS DIRECTOR JEREMY FRANK
CHOREOGRAPHER BILL BURNS *
Asst. Conductor / Prompter Andreas Heinzmann
Assistant Director Erik Friedman
* * *
STAGE MANAGER WHITNEY MCANALLY
MUSICAL PREPARATION
BRYNDON HASSMAN
Lucas Nogara †
Nicholas Roehler ‡
Peter Walsh ‡
* LA OPERA DEBUT
† MEMBER OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
‡ ALUMNUS OF THE DOMINGO-COLBURN-STEIN
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM
Artists subject to change
Production made possible by generous support from
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg
Founding and ongoing leadership support
for the Recovered Voices project provided by
Marilyn Ziering and the Ziering Family Foundation
Principal underwriting support provided by
a generous anonymous gift
Special additional support from
Thurmond Smithgall and The Lanie & Ethel Foundation
With special appreciation to
Gregory and Régina Annenberg Weingarten
Special additional support for Highway 1, USA from
National Endowment for the Arts OPERA America/Next Stage**
Kaneza Schaal’s direction of Highway 1, USA
generously underwritten by a gift from
The Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Next Generation Artist Award
LA Opera Orchestra
generously underwritten by
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Running time: approximately two hours and 50 minutes,
including one intermission.
Supertitles for Highway 1, USA created by Linda Zoolalian.
Supertitles for The Dwarf written by Cori Ellison.
**The production of Highway 1, USA received funding from OPERA America’s Next Stage program, which was funded with gifts from OPERA America’s 50th Anniversary Campaign, including a leadership gift from Frayda B. Lindemann. Supplemental support for revisions was generously provided by the Mellon Foundation.
James Conlon’s pre-performance talks are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.
Highway 1, USA published by W.G. Still Music, Flagstaff, Arizona. The Dwarf (Der Zwerg), Op. 17. Critical edition by Antony Beaumont. Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna, publisher and copyright owner.
Highway 1, USA scenery constructed by CBS Television City, Los Angeles. The Dwarf scenery constructed by R.A. Reed Productions, Portland, Oregon. Costumes constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Costume Shop. Wigs constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Wig & Make-Up Department.
Please refrain from talking during the performance, and turn off all cell phones, electronic devices and watch alarms. If you are using an assistive hearing device, or are attending with someone who is, please make sure that it is set to an appropriate level to avoid distracting audio feedback. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Your use of a ticket acknowledges your willingness to appear in photographs taken in public areas of the Music Center and releases the Center and its lessees and others from liability resulting from use of such photographs.
