This all-star cast from opera and Broadway comes together to present the NY premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie’s beautiful setting of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s epic Pulitzer Prizewinning novel, The Grapes of Wrath.  Called “The great American opera” by Musical America, Gordon’s opera incorporates American popular musical styles of the ‘20s and ‘30s, such as song-and-dance, sweet and rousing love songs, ballads with banjos, jazz choruses, and a barbershop quartet. Just like the novel itself, the work is both heart-wrenching and uplifting. Gordon and Korie have collaborated with The Chorale to shorten the length of the original opera, while composing new material for the chorus – this will mark the world premiere of the new version. And if that starry cast isn’t enough inspiration to see the show, the role of Tom Joad’s young sister, Ruthie, will be sung by Nathan Gunn’s own daughter, Madeline!

We'll have a gathering before the event.  Let us know if you're interested (president@nycillini.org) after you've purchased your tickets.

When: March 22nd at 8pm
Location: Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
To Purchase Tickets: http://www.collegiatechorale.org/concert_schedule/ or Call (646) 202-9623

Music by Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by Michael Korie

Jane Fonda, Narrator
Nathan Gunn – Tom Joad
Victoria Clark – Ma Joad
Elizabeth Futral – Rosasharn
Anthony Dean Griffey – Jim Casy
Peter Halverson – Pa Joad
Stephen Powell – Uncle John
Andrew Wilkowske – Noah
Steven Pasquale – Al
Christine Ebersole – Mae/Waitress
Matthew Worth – Ragged Man/Connie
Madeline Gunn – Ruthie

Director - Eric Simonson
Lighting Designer – Frances Aronson