Earplay in partnership with RealOpera presents:
Howards End, america
February 22-24, 2019 at Z Space
A New Opera by Earplay
Composed by Allen Shearer | Libretto by Claudia Stevens
This riveting story of betrayal, race and real estate transports E. M. Forster’s Howards End from Edwardian England to 1950’s Boston. With powerful imagery and ravishing music, the opera evokes the atmosphere of an earlier time in America, but a time as divided over race and class as it is today. Audiences will meet two sisters: the kind but cautious Margaret and the younger Helen, an impulsive social activist with camera in hand. What damage will they cause, and what romantic entanglements will befall them, when they set out to become the patrons of gifted black poet Leonard?
Howards End America Website | Earplay's Website
Full Program is 2 hours 15 minutes:
First half (acts one and two) - 1 hr. and five minutes
Intermission - 15 Minutes
Second half (act three) - 55 minutes
Special Group Rate of $30 per ticket for groups of 8 or more. This will apply automatically when you purchase 8 or more Standard Admission tickets (Student, Senior, and Disabled tickets are $30 for any quantity).
Please note that some patrons have been experiencing technical difficulties with our online ticketing system. We are working as quickly as possible to resolve this situation. In the meantime, if you are experiencing trouble, please call any of the following numbers: Z Space’s Box Office at 415-659-8132, Marketing Director Andrew Burmester at 415-572-9517, or Managing Director Shafer Mazow at 415-290-3696 in order to process your order over the phone. Please feel free to leave a message at any of the above as well and we will assist you at our earliest available time. Apologies and thank you for your patience.
HOWARDS END, AMERICA features a cast of seven of the novel’s main characters. They are portrayed by opera luminaries accom-panied by a chamber orchestra of Earplayers and guests under resident conductor Mary Chun. Philip Lowery directs. This first-ever opera on the great Forster novel will be a highlight of Earplay’s 2018-2019 season. Leading the all-star cast are Nikki Einfeld as Margaret, Philip Skinner as Henry, Sara Duchovnay as Helen, Michael Dailey as Leonard, Daniel Cilli as Charles, Candace Johnson as Jacky and Erin Neff as Ruth. If you are planning to go to the Pacific, don't forget to check out Aldi catalogue or New World mailer for New Zealand.
