Thursday, July 16 - 7:00pm
Saturday, July 18 - 4:00pm
World Staged Premiere
Marking its world staged premiere, Joseph Summer’s The Tempest brings Shakespeare’s final masterpiece to the operatic stage with vivid imagination and emotional depth. The opera—set to a libretto by the composer’s daughter, Eve Summer—transforms the tale of exile, forgiveness, and renewal into a richly layered musical world. Summer’s tonal yet adventurous score brims with ensemble writing of exceptional beauty, from tender duets to exuberant finales, offering a contemporary voice deeply attuned to Shakespeare’s spirit.
“Summer’s musical language is comfortably tonal but sophisticated, ceaselessly inventive and often gripping; he’s a vivid musical storyteller… an embarrassment of riches—the marvelous group numbers just keep coming, culminating in a blazingly celebratory climax.” — Opera News, review of 2015 studio recording of The Tempest
MUSIC BY
Joseph Summer
LIBRETTO BY
Eva Summer
LOCATION
Ellen Stewart Theater, La MaMa, Creative Shares
66 East 4th Street, New York, NY
SUNG IN
English with Supertitles
RUNNING TIME
2 hours and 42 minutes with a 20 minutes intermission
ACCESSIBILITY
La MaMa and all Teatro Grattacielo productions are wheelchair accessible and disability-friendly. Please contact us in advance for any specific accommodation needs.
CREATIVE TEAM
ENRICO FAGONE — Conductor
STEFANOS KORONEOS — Director
GREGORY PERNICONE — Assistant Director
OSCAR ESCOBEDO — Set Designer
ANABEL SIMOTAS — Costume Designer
WILL ROSSITER — Lighting Designer
CAST
DANIEL KLEIN — Prospero
KELLY GUERRA — Ariel
MAIA GONZALEZ — Miranda
To Be Announced — Caliban
OMAR NAJMI — Ferdinand
MAGGIE FINNEGAN — Iris
CHANTELLE GRANT — Ceres
SARAH ROSE JOHNSON — Juno
JORDAN RUTTER-COVATTO — Trinculo
ELIAM RAMOS — Stephano
To Be Announced — Alonso
DAVID GORDON — Sebastian
JUSTIN RYAN — Antonio
COVER CAST
JUSTIN RYAN — Prospero
To Be Announced — Ariel
To Be Announced — Miranda
To Be Announced — Caliban
To Be Announced — Ferdinand
SHIRA ZIV — Iris
HILARY BABOUKIS — Ceres
To Be Announced — Juno
To Be Announced — Trinculo
To Be Announced — Stephano
To Be Announced — Alonso
To Be Announced — Sebastian
To Be Announced — Antonio
