THE GEORGE WASHINGTON SUITE (2012)

a patriotic ghost story in one scene

Duration: 15 minutes

Music Text
Libretto by Rob Handel (E)

Scoring
Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano (or) Piano

Publisher / Licensing Agent:
Peermusic Classical (Burning Sled Music)

Territory
This work is available from Peermusic Classical for the world.

World Premiere
13 July 2012 Pittsburgh, PA
Unkown, director
Conductor: Robert Frankenberry
Company: Pittsburgh Opera Theater

Roles
Christina / Chris, an academic (female or male)
Grace / Greg, an academic (female or male)
George Washington, a ghost (baritone)
Miss/Mister Darlington, a hotel manager (female or male)
Bellhop, a bellhop (mute)
From 3 to 30 singing ghosts, divided into three parts.

Time and Place
A hotel room somewhere near the site of General George Washington's 1776 crossing of the Delaware River, present day.

Synopsis
During their quest to spend the night in every room in which President George Washington slept, an academic couple encounter his ghost, who doesn't behave exactly as they imagined he might.

Production Stills
Here

Selected Notable Performances
NYU Opera; Provincetown Playhouse / 30-31 October 2021 / Chicago College of the Performing Arts