No Exit is a one-act chamber opera by Andy Vores based on the 1944 existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The opera was commissioned by Boston's Guerilla Opera and had its world premiere, on April 24, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory's Zack Box Theatre.[1]
Roles
edit| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast,
24 April 2008 |
Chicago Opera Vanguard Cast,
16-18 October 2009 |
Florida Grand Opera Cast,
27 & 28 February, 1 March 2014 |
Project Blank Cast,
9-11 June 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estelle | soprano | Aliana de la Guardia | Susan Nelson | Riley Svatos | Mariana Flores-Bucio |
| Inez | mezzo-soprano | Leslie Ann Leytham | Caitlin McKechney | Caitlin McKechney | Leslie Ann Leytham |
| Garcin | tenor | Michael Rausch | Matthew Newlin | Casey Finnigan | Miguel Zazueta |
| Valet | baritone | Peter D. Weathers | Peter D. Weathers | Carlton Ford | Jonathan Nussman |
Performance history
editThe opera was written for Boston's Guerilla Opera and had its world premiere, directed by Sally Stunkel, on April 24, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory's Zack Box Theatre.[1] The opera had its second production by Chicago Opera Vanguard October 16–18, 2009 in the Hoover-Leppen Theater at the Center on Halsted.[2] No Exit received its third production with Guerilla Opera, directed by Nathan Troup, on September 19, 2013. No Exit was performed on February 27, 28 and March 1, 2014 as a part of Florida Grand Opera's Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places initiative, designed to bring lesser-known operas to unique venues throughout South Florida.
Most recently, No Exit received its west-coast premiere by Project Blank June 9-11, 2023 at Bread & Salt in San Diego, California. This fifth production was directed by Robert Castro.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b “On (and off) Track,” Boston Phoenix, April 29, 2008
- ^ "Chicago Classical Review » » Andy Vores' riveting "No Exit" a combustible winner for Chicago Opera Vanguard". Retrieved Jul 29, 2019.
- ^ "Project Blank's "No Exit" makes it an opera company to watch". Retrieved Jun 12, 2023.