Overview
Experience the story of seamstress Esther who begins writing to a mysterious suitor laboring on the Panama Canal. Featuring a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, this powerful opera is directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher.
Production
The Metropolitan Opera · The WNET Group · Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Cast & Characters
Kearstin Piper Brown
Esther
Adrienne Danrich
Mrs. Dickson
Jorell Williams
Young Man
Anna Laurenzo
Young Woman
Jasmine Muhammad
Corinna Mae
Errin Duane Brooks
Mr. Charles
Justin Austin
George Armstrong
Naomi Louisa O’Connell
Mrs. Van Buren
Arnold Livingston Geis
Mr. Marks
Krysty Swann
Mayme
Jesse Darden
John
Tesia Kwarteng
Directors & Crew
Lynn Nottage
Writer
Ricky Ian Gordon
Writer
Gary Halvorson
Director
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