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Elizabeth Cree Synopsis. PROLOGUE. April 9, 1881; Camberwell Prison. Elizabeth Cree is hanged for the murder of her husband, John. As the noose tightens around her neck, Elizabeth utters an enigmatic phrase: “Here we are again.”. SCENE 1.
Kevin Puts and Mark Campell’s third opera collaboration, Elizabeth Cree, opened Opera Philadelphia’s 2017 season, a bold festival of new works in the first few weeks of their season.
Jul 15, 2021 · It tells the story of Elizabeth Cree, The Limehouse Golem, a music hall performer in 1880s London whose victims include a prostitute, a wealthy family, other members of her theatre troupe and, perhaps most importantly to this reviewer, her husband–a theater critic.
Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s modern masterpiece Elizabeth Cree rounds out the season’s mainstage roster in a new production directed by Alison Moritz, starring 2024 Artist-in-Residence Tara Erraught.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, the team behind the acclaimed Silent Night, return to Opera Philadelphia for the world premiere of a chamber opera based on Peter Ackroyd's "downright exhilarating" (LA Times) novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree.
Jun 2, 2021 · Elizabeth Cree ingeniously interweaves several narratives: the trial of the heroine for the poisoning of her husband; a series of brutal murders committed by a Jack the Ripper-style killer; the spirited world of an English music hall; and, finally, some “guest appearances” by luminaries from the Victorian Age.
Mar 26, 2024 · Some criticize opera for its long-winded and shallow storytelling—but Mark Campbell and Kevin Puts are determined to obliterate those expectations with their thrilling adaptation of Elizabeth Cree, a new opera based on Peter Ackroyd’s 1994 novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree.
