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Summer and Smoke
Composer:Lee Hoiby
Librettist:Lanford Wilson
Synopsis
Set in Mississippi in 1910, the work is about Alma Winemiller, an inhibited minister's daughter, who is hopelessly in love with a young doctor, John Buchanan. Buchanan reaches out to her several times, but Alma is too prim and repressed. By the time she goes to him, he has turned elsewhere. Devastated, she gives herself casually to the nearest man available-a traveling salesman she meets on a park bench.

Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Manhattan School of MusicSummer and Smoke12/9/2010 - 12/12/2010
Central City OperaSummer and Smoke7/7/2002 - 8/9/2002
Des Moines Metro OperaSummer and Smoke6/27/1998 - 7/10/1998
University of Wisconsin-MadisonSummer and Smoke12/9/1995 - 12/12/1995


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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
2:10

Number of Acts
2

Musical Style
Some spoken dialogue; lyrical, arching melodies in a conservative, post-Romantic idiom; strong Samuel Barber influences; includes arias and duets; bittersweet lyricism

Vocal & Musical Forces


Original Cast
Mary Beth Peil (Alma)
John Reardon (Dr. Buchanan)
Sondra Harnes (Nellie)
Nancy Williams (Mrs. Bassett)
Alan Titus (Traveling Salesman)
Zoya Leporska (Alma's mother)


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