Released:
1993-01-01

Overview:
The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.

Director:
Barrie Gavin

Runtime:
2h 28min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Janice Cairns
  as
  Anna Maurrant
• 
  Lesley Garrett
  as
  Rose Maurrant
• 
  Kevin Anderson
  as
  Sam Kaplan
• 
  Mark Richardson
  as
  Frank Maurrant
• 
  Daniel Ison
  as
  Willie Maurrant