FULL Gallantry (Douglas Moore) & Suor Angelica Staten Island NY 2024 Jade Schoenfeld, Elizabeth Perryman, Michelle Siemens

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Gallantry, Suor Angelica  
• Composer: Moore, Douglas, Puccini Giacomo  
• Libretto: Arnold Sundgaard, Giovacchino Forzano    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Main Hall Theatre, Staten Island, New York, Wagner College,  
• Recorded: May 10, 2024
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Jade Schoenfeld, Grant Anderson, Marc Mundsinger, Madison Garcia, Daniel Torres, Elizabeth Perryman, Michelle Siemens, Molly Nemirow, Victoria Dimino, Sarah Sweeney
• Conductor: Vincent Graña  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Vincent Graña  
• Stage Designer: Michelle Siemens, Selina Amargo  
• Costume Designer: Michelle Siemens   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Wagner College Opera  
• Date Published: 2024  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Gallantry is a one-act opera by composer Douglas Moore. The work is a parody of soap opera, complete with sung commercial interruptions. The work uses an English-language libretto by Arnold Sundgaard.

The opera premiered in a double bill with Dominick Argento’s The Boor on March 19, 1958, in New York City at the former Brander Matthews Theater on 117th Street, located between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive. It was produced by Columbia University School of Music with a student cast.It has been staged over more than forty years by other university opera programs in the United States and Canada.