"You've made this place a court of Hell that twists at your beck and call." Arthur Miller's chilling dramatization of the Salem witch trials (an allegory of McCarthyism), is the basis for Robert Ward's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera.
"The mass hysteria that culminated in the Salem witch trials was not, unfortunately, an aberration. Throughout history we have seen how, in a climate of fear and mistrust, innuendo can take on the force of fact, resulting in the persecution of innocent people. Arthur Miller dramatized the 17th-century trials when he saw history repeating itself during the ‘Red Scare’ of the 1950s. It is not a pretty story, but it’s an important one – I think it’s important for us to remind ourselves that an accumulation of seemingly minor words and actions can take society to a point of no return." -- Francesca Zambello, director
Part of Glimmerglass Festival 2016
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Director: Francesca Zambello
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Sunday, July 31, 1:30pm
Tuesday, August 2, 1:30pm
Friday, August 5, 7:30pm
Monday, August 8, 1:30pm
Sunday, August 14, 1:30pm
Thursday, August 18, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 20, 1:30pm
Saturday, August 27, 1:30pm
