Musto - Later the Same Evening - Full Orchestra

JOHN MUSTO Later The Same Evening

An Opera inspired by Five Paintings of Edward Hopper

JOHN MUSTO Later The Same Evening

Libretto by Mark Campbell

An Opera inspired by Five Paintings of Edward Hopper

Piano Vocal Score

Libretto by Mark Campbell

Piano Vocal Score Full Score

Characters

Elaine O’Neill, soprano. A young, somewhat self-possessed woman in an unhappy marriage with Gus. She is all about the illusion of a perfect marriage and the outward appearance of it, but has lately begun to question even that.

Gus O’Neill, bass-baritone. Also unhappy in his marriage with Elaine and in his career. He thought having the right job and the right wife were the key to happiness. Now he just wants to escape.

Estelle Oglethorpe, mezzo. Recently widowed, sweet and unused to her new status.

Ruth Baldwin, soprano. A ballet dancer and very beautiful.

Ronaldo Cabral, baritone. A very charming man who enjoys life.

Sheldon Segal, tenor. An older Jewish man in love with his wife Rose, but constantly grouchy.

Rose Segal, soprano. Sheldon’s wife, smarter than he is, and loving in her own way.

Thelma Yablonski, mezzo. An usher at a Broadway theatre; a little tough, but also selfdeprecating and romantic.

Jimmy O’Keefe, tenor. A young gay man visiting from Lynchburg, thrilled to see THE Broadway show.

Valentina Scarcella, coloratura-soprano. A very elegant woman from Parma who speaks very little English and is unused to American culture.

Joe Harland, baritone. A young man very ardently in love with Ruth Baldwin.

Synopsis

Later the Same Evening was inspired by five Edward Hopper paintings: “Room in New York,” “Hotel Window,” “Hotel Room,” “Two on the Aisle” and “Automat.” The opera imagines the lives of the figures in these paintings and connects them as characters both directly and tangentially on one evening in New York City in 1932.

A young married couple in their apartment avoids the encroaching estrangement in their marriage she by playing the piano, he by reading the newspaper before she angrily leaves to see a Broadway musical without him. At the same time in a hotel lobby, a recently widowed older woman nervously awaits her date who will be taking her to a Broadway musical.

And in a hotel room, a young woman composes a letter to her boyfriend telling him that she is leaving New York and returning to Indianapolis after a failed career as a dancer. All three women see their changing lives through a window.

Minutes later, these women intersect with others in the audience of a Broadway musical: a young man from Lynchburg visiting New York for the first time, an older Jewish couple whose bickering is a form of love, an elegant woman from Italy confounded by the musical and her new country, and a young man who plants an engagement ring on a theatre seat for his girlfriend who happens to be a dancer from Indianapolis. As the houselights dim, the strangers are connected as an audience watching the musical only to break apart again outside the theatre in the pouring rain.

Later in an automat, the usher from the theatre muses about her work and the odd excitement of city life. She encounters the young man with the engagement ring and they leave the automat together.

Duration 75:00

Premiered November 15, 16, 17, 18, 2007, Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland

Commissioned by the University of Maryland and the National Gallery of Art

Conductor: Clen Cortese

Director: Leon Major

Original Cast: Claire Kuttler (Elaine O'Neill), Andrew Adelsberger (Gus O'Neill), Melissa Schiel (Estelle Oglethorpe), Onyu Park (Ruth Baldwin), Eric C. Black (Ronaldo Cabral), Jenna Lebherz (Thelma Yablonski), Adam Hall (Jimmy O'Keefe), Jenny Chen (Valentina Scarcella)

Instrumentation

Flute (doubling Piccolo) Oboe (doubling English Horn) Clarinet in Bb Bass Clarinet in Bb Bassoon

2 Horns in F Trumpet in Bb Trombone

Percussion (2 Players)

Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel Snare Drum, Bongos, Tom-tom Temple Blocks, Maracas, Claves, mounted “Taps” Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Hi-hat

Piano

Strings*

*May be performed with single strings

Entrance Music (optional)

Mark Campbell

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