Photo-Op, A Presidential Campaign Opera

Opera in One Act

Libretto by James Siena

PRODUCTION HISTORY:
– Urban Arias (Washington DC), September 2012; director, Alan Paul; conductor, Robert Wood; choreographer, Lucy Bowen McCauley; with Michael Mays and Laurie Williamson

– Avian Ensemble (NYC), September 2004, with Chris Trakas and Laurie Heims

– Ridge Theater at La MaMa ETC, Off-Broadway run, spring 1992, with Cummings Ensemble, Larry Adams, baritone; Peggy Bishop, soprano

– Electronic Music Plus Festival, Oberlin Conservatory, September 1990, with Cummings Ensemble, Larry Adams, baritone; Marian Beckenstein, soprano

– The Club at La MaMa, May 1990, with Cummings Ensemble, Larry Adams, baritone; Dora Ohrenstein, soprano

– The Knitting Factory (NYC) May 1989, with Cummings Ensemble, Larry Adams, baritone; Dora Ohrenstein, soprano

DURATION: 55 minutes

PUBLISHER: All Conrad Cummings works are self-published; contact him here

INSTRUMENTATION: violin, cello, woodwind doubler (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax)(alternately two woodwind players), and keyboard

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

Candidate/Running Mate/Spouse: baritone
Candidate/Running Mate/Spouse: soprano

Excerpt: “By Keeping Things Exactly the Way That They Are”

Excerpt: “I Love My Country So Much”