FULL NEW WORLD: An Opera About What Columbus Did to the “Indians” (Lehrman) Huntington NY 1992

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: NEW WORLD: An Opera About What Columbus Did to the "Indians"   
• Composer: Lehrman Leonard  
• Libretto: Joel Shatzky, Leonard Lehrman    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Heckscher Park, Huntington, New York State  
• Recorded: August 11, 1992
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Mark Wolff, Ronald Edwards, Janis Sabatino Hills, Herman Gaddy, John Sharpe, Robert Ross, Helene Williams, Harold Watson, Myrna Taylor, Douglas Purcell, Shannon Gillespie, Steve Belfer
• Conductor: Leonard Lehrman  
• Orchestra: Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus  
• Stage Director: Benjamin Spierman.  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Leonard J. Lehrman  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Unknown
• Quality Video: 2 Audio:2
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Taino seer Kaytawari (Mark Wolff) tells his walking dream
  to Taino princess Yuisa (Janis Sabatino Hills).

  Predicted is the coming of Columbus (Ronald Edwards)–
  spurred on by Queen Isabella (Helene Williams).

  The opera is told from the point of view of the Tainos,
  Columbus’ Jewish interpreter, and his black cabin boy.

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