A Wedding (opera)

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A Wedding is a comic opera based on Robert Altman's 1979 film A Wedding and was composed by William Bolcom with a libretto written by Robert Altman and Arnold Weinstein.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago commissioned the work and the opera was first performed there on December 11, 2004. The premiere had stage direction by Altman and was conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. The film's 48 characters were trimmed down to 19 on stage.

[edit] Roles

  • Nettie Sloan, the matriarch. She comes from old money, and dies in the second scene.
  • Her daughter, a factory owner employing illegal immigrants
  • The doctor / Art dealer, deals in Pollock, De Kooning, and Kline
  • Patricia Risley, a flaky interpretive dancer in love with Mark Doss
  • Mark Doss, The Caribbean butler
  • An emotionally stunted morphine addict (female)

[edit] Wedding Party

  • The groom, a military-academy graduate whose 'body is finer than his mind'
  • The bride, a naïve ingénue from Louisville, Kentucky
  • The bride's father, a reformed fornicator turned millionaire
  • The bride's mother, a naïve belle who yearns for adventure
  • The groom's father
  • The groom's paternal uncle from the old country
  • The groom's paternal aunt with communistic sympathies
  • A hired wedding guest (male)
  • An obsessive-compulsive wedding planner (female)
  • The best man, an alcoholic marine

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