| Subtitle | for soprano and piano |
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| Text information | libretto by Tracy K. Smith |
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| Year(s) composed | 2020 |
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| Publisher | Schott Music |
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| Instrumentation | from the opera "Castor and Patience" |
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| Duration | 6' |
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| Premiere | July 21, 2022; SCPA’s Corbett Theater, Cincinatti, Ohio; Cincinatti Opera • Kazem Abdullah, conductor |
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| Commission | Commissioned by Cincinnati Opera |
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| Language | English |
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| Synopsis | 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. Castor is eager to sell the land to pay off his crushing debt, but Patience is determined to fight off overzealous investors and preserve her family’s legacy. Deeply relevant to ongoing calls for racial justice, Castor and Patience probes historical and continuing obstacles to Black land ownership in the U.S. |
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