Photo Flash: Meet the Stars of PATIENCE & SARAH at the Players Theatre

After a sold-out run at the 1998 Lincoln Center Festival, the opera PATIENCE & SARAH opens Thursday, June 23rd at the Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street) as a staged concert performance for two nights only - Thursday, June 23rd and Friday, June 24th at 7PM. BroadwayWorld has a peek at the lead actresses below!

Considered the first opera to portray an openly romantic relationship between two self-affirming women, PATIENCE & SARAH is composed by Paula Kimper with libretto by Wende Persons. The work is based on the novel of the same title by Isabel Miller. Paula Kimper is conducting with Douglas Moser directing. Baritone Michael Kelly is featured in the cast of seven.

PATIENCE & SARAH tells the story of two 19th-century women of different backgrounds and economic status who risk being disowned by their families to pursue a dream of sharing a life together. Hailed as "a rare and moving opera about women in love" by New York Magazine, the production features a new seven-piece orchestration for staged concert performances.

The opera features Nadia Petrella as Patience, Elsa Quéron as Sarah, Michael Kelly as Parson Peel, Chad Kranak as EdWard White, Jessica Copland as Martha White and Ma Dowling, Duncan Hartman as Pa Dowling and Bryn Holdsworth as Rachel Dowling.

This presentation at the Players Theatre is a part of the inaugural New York Opera Fest, a two-month long festival made up of members of the New York Opera Alliance (NYOA,) presented in partnership with OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading advocate for American opera.

Tickets are $42- $62 and can be purchased through web.ovationtix.com or by calling 866-811-4111. For more about the show, go to www.patiencesarah.com.

Photo Credit: Maria Baranova

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