Black Water: An American Opera

Based on National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates' novella about the Chappaquiddick scandal, this tragic and beautiful opera enthralls as a handsome senator uses his power to enchant, seduce, and carelessly destroy. Composed by John Duffy with libretto by Joyce Carol Oates.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

David Lee Brewer as Lucius Smith Reid Bruton as Roy Annick Stephanie Buckley as Buffy St. John Karen Burlingame as Kelly Kelleher Kimberly Graham as Jenny O’Brien Linda Kerns as Michelle Ravel Erin Langston as Sarah O’Connor Patrick Mason as The Senator John Savarese as Dwight Murphy Rob Shacklett as Graeme Winthrop

Original music performed by Alan Johnson on the piano, Linda Wang on the violin, and Stanley Sharp on the cello.

Directed by Gordon Hunt. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 1998.

© 2001 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580814157

Release date

Audiobook: January 1, 2001