Great Scott • 2015
Libretto by Terrence McNally
Opera in two acts
World Premiere: October 30, 2015
Commissioned by The Dallas Opera
Duration: 2 hours, 35 minutes
About
Based on an original story by McNally, Great Scott is set in a large American city that has a respected but struggling opera company and a thriving professional football team. International opera star Arden Scott has returned to her hometown to save American Opera, the company that launched her career, but the opening night performance of the long-lost opera she discovered falls on the same night as the home football team’s first national championship. The fate of the company hangs in the balance as Arden is forced to consider the sacrifices she has made and discovers that true greatness is a matter of heart.
“Great Scott takes expectations for what new opera can be to a brilliantly thrilling level … a huge success with a bright future.”
Theater Jones
Premiere Cast & Creative Team
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Production: Jack O’Brien
Set & Costume Designer: Bob Crowley
Lighting Designer: Brian MacDevitt
Projection Designer: Elaine J. McCarthy
Associate Conductors: Nicole Paiement and Keith Chambers
Chorus Conductor: Alexander Rom
Dallas Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Arden Scott: Joyce DiDonato
Tatyana Bakst: Ailyn Pérez
Winnie Flato: Frederica von Stade
Sid Taylor: Nathan Gunn
Roane Heckle: Anthony Roth Costanzo
Eric Gold / Ghost of Vittori Bazzetti: Kevin Burdette
Anthony Candelino: Rodell Rosel
Wendell Swann: Michael Mayes
Tommy Taylor: Mark Hancock
Co-commissioned and co-produced with San Diego Opera, with support from the Eugene McDermott Foundation, Hoblitzelle Foundation, Texas Instruments, Diane B. Wilsey, Carol Franc Buck Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Opera Fund, a program of OPERA America.