FULL The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair (Carlisle Floyd) Santa Clarita, CA 2026 Alexis Wesley, Eric Castro, Robert Dunlap, Kirstin Ariel

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair  
• Composer: Floyd Carlisle   
• Libretto:  Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Canyon HS Performing Arts Center, Santa Clarita, CA, Mission Opera  
• Recorded: April 12, 2026
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Alexis Wesley, Eric Castro, Robert Dunlap, Kirstin Ariel, James Santiago Gomez, Robert Black
• Conductor: Christopher James Ray  
• Orchestra: Mission Opera Orchestra  
• Chorus: Mission Opera Chorus  
• Stage Director: Joshua R. Wentz  
• Stage Designer: Andreas Theoharides  
• Costume Designer: Katherine Craig  
• Lighting Designer: Brian Nielson  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Mission Opera  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Synopsis

  Set in the mid-18th century, the opera tells of the divided patriotic loyalty of a Scottish family settling in what would later become North Carolina. A Scottish laird, Dougald MacDougald, retains his privilege and rank in the colonies until a strong-willed Scottish woman, Mollie Sinclair, challenges his views by pointing out that he came to the New World to find fortune and freedom. Outraged by the Stamp Act, Mollie leads a protest march against British oppression; MacDougald takes the opposite position, continuing to raise his Union Jack and pledge allegiance to “good King George III”. Finally, Mollie wins Dougald over to the Colonial cause while her son, Lochlan, is winning the hand of MacDougald’s daughter, Jenny.

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