(The Wreckers)

Content: Written by Dame Ethel Smyth, English composer and leader in the women’s suffrage movement, The Wreckers was first performed in Germany in 1906 and was mounted in the composer’s homeland in 1909. This powerful three-act opera about piracy, love, and betrayal in a community of religious fanatics received its U.S. premiere in 2015 at Bard SummerScape in a penetrating production directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

133 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

Thaddeus Strassberger

Production companies:

Bard Summerscape Opera

Actors:

Thirza

Avis

Pascoe

Mark

Lawrence

Crews:

Assistant Director

Assistant Music Supervisor

Director

Music Director

Set Designer