Organization

Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival

Singer

Soprano

Talise Trevigne

Patience

Bass-baritone

Reginald Smith Jr

Castor

Tenor

Frederick Ballentine

Judah

Victoria Okafor

Wilhelmina

Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Celeste

Benjamin Taylor

West

Raven McMillon

Ruthie

Stage director

Kevin Newbury

Conductor

Kazem Abdullah

Costume designer

Jessica Jahn

Set designer

Victoria Vita Tzykun

Image designer

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Zoie Reams

Jane

Ensemble

Amber Monroe

Clarissa

Victor Ryan Robertson

Nestor

Phillip Bullock

Cato

Earl Hazell

Second Man

Video designer

Katy S Tucker

Lighting designer

Thomas Hase

Wig & Makeup Designer

James Geier

Cincinnati Opera

Orchestra

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

English

Castor and Patience

Cincinnati

United States

School for Creative and Performing Arts

Corbett Theater

Castor and Patience Spears

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Private

Approved

Talise Trevigne sings "Think you know this man?" from Castor and Patience, with Marie-France Lefebvre and Michael Lewis on piano.

"Think you know this man?" from CASTOR AND PATIENCE

A long overdue family reunion finds two African American cousins at odds over the fate of a historic parcel of land they have inherited in the American South. Deeply relevant to ongoing calls for racial justice, Castor and Patience probes historical and continuing obstacles to Black land ownership in the United States. With powerful, soaring music by Gregory Spears, composer of our acclaimed 2016 commission Fellow Travelers, and an original libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, this timeless and topical premiere is the buzz of the opera world.

Castor and Patience by Spears, From (2022/2022), Directed by Kevin Newbury,, Conductor Kazem Abdullah, School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, United States

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