Organization

Conductor

Clinton Smith

Stage director

Sarah Ina Meyers

Set designer

Bretta Gerecke

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Tláloc López-Watermann

Video designer

Dramaturge

Cori Ellison

Singer

Edward Parks

The Creature

Brad Bickhardt

Felix

Melissa Solomon

Agatha

Katherine Beck

Elizabeth Lavenza

Arizona Opera

Woman II

Man I

Woman I

Gordon Hawkins

Alphonse Frankenstein

Armand Delgado

William Frankenstein

Andrew Stuckey

De Lacey

Man II

Dancer

Chelsea Rose Neiss

The Creature's Companion

Stage combat master

Andrea Robertson

Charles H. Eaton

Victor Frankenstein

Terrence Chin-Loy

Meridian Prall

Peter Barber

Aristide Philippakis

Carlos E. Barraza Treviño

Michelle Perez

English

Frankenstein

Tucson

United States

Temple of Music and Art

Phoenix

Herberger Theater Center

Frankenstein Kallor

Public

Spanish

Approved

Arizona Opera’s eagerly-awaited third world premiere, based on Mary Shelley’s iconic novel by the same name, comes to the stage to open the 2023/24 Season in the McDougall RED Series. With a riveting, cinematic score and libretto by Gregg Kallor, the living, feeling Creature is brought to life only to be forsaken by its creator, Victor Frankenstein. Embracing Shelley’s original text, Frankenstein gives poignant voice to the Creature’s struggle and lays bare the horror of alienation and “otherness” with exquisite nuance. At the core of this heartbreaking tale lies an exquisitely wrought plea to look deeper within ourselves to find our commonality and to uphold our responsibility to one another.

Frankenstein was workshopped at Arizona Opera in Phoenix in December 2022 to great success. It follows Arizona Opera’s first two gripping world premieres, Riders of the Purple Sage and The Copper Queen Film, the latter of which was released in fall 2021 as a feature-length film. As stewards of the 400-plus year artform, Arizona Opera thrives on re-imagining its productions, commissioning new operas, and supporting up-and-coming artists.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew