The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.
Barrie Gavin
Director
Janice Cairns
Anna Maurrant
Lesley Garrett
Rose Maurrant
Kevin Anderson
Sam Kaplan
Mark Richardson
Frank Maurrant
Daniel Ison
Willie Maurrant
Terry Jenkins
Abraham Kaplan
Richard Halton
Harry Easter
Keel Watson
Henry Davis
Philip Gould
Dick McGann
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