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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
2:20
Number of Acts
2
Musical Style
contemporary, with strong elements of modern jazz and music-theater. Vocal lines are often highly lyrical, but there are also many sections of rhythmic propulsion and melodic angularity.
Vocal & Musical Forces
7 principals, standard orchestra: 17 (Fl./Picc., Ob., Cl./B.Cl., Alto Sax./Ten.Sax./Bar.Sax., Bn./Cbn., Hn., Tpt., Tbn., Perc. [1 player], Hp., Pno., 3 Vln., Vla., Vc., Cb.)
Original Cast
Workshop production, Lyric Opera Clevelenad (July 2006): Carol Dusdieker as Florida, Philippe Pierce as Marc, Kimberly Lauritsen as One Dead Mother, Kasey Stewart as Female Redwood, Jonathan Stuckey as Male Redwood, Jessica Riley as Redwood Daughter, Andrew Papas as Redwood Son