Jack Beeson (1921-2010)
Lizzie Borden, opéra en 3 actes

Brenda Lewis
Ellen Faull
Richard Fredricks
Cambridge Festival Orchestra
Anton Coppola, direction

LIZZIE BORDEN (Beeson) The world premiere cast of Jack Beeson’s Lizzie Borden in a 1965 television production. The New York Times hailed the opera as “a compelling piece of musical theatre, that...gains presence from the intimacy of TV.” Starring Brenda Lewis in the title role and Ellen Faull, Anne Elgar, Herbert Beattie, Richard Fredricks, and Richard Krause; Anton Coppola conducts. 112 min.