Opera
Fellow Travelers
Photos: Dan Norman
producer: Minnesota Opera venue: Cowles Center for Dance year: 2018
Creative Team:
Direction: Peter Rothstein
Music: Gregory Spears
Libretto: Greg Pierce
Set and Properties: Sara Brown
Costumes: Trevor Bowen
Stage Management: Kerry Masek
Light: Mary Shabatura
Direction: Peter Rothstein
Music: Gregory Spears
Libretto: Greg Pierce
Set and Properties: Sara Brown
Costumes: Trevor Bowen
Stage Management: Kerry Masek
Light: Mary Shabatura
Synopsis:
This opera narrates the lives of two men who become entangled in a tumultuous love affair during the height of the Lavender Scare - a period during the era of 1950's McCarthyism (and beyond) where government employees were persecuted and blacklisted due to "homosexual tendencies".
This opera narrates the lives of two men who become entangled in a tumultuous love affair during the height of the Lavender Scare - a period during the era of 1950's McCarthyism (and beyond) where government employees were persecuted and blacklisted due to "homosexual tendencies".