Voir Dire, a chamber opera (2010, rev. 2016)
Music by Matthew Peterson; libretto by Jason Zencka.
Adapted from various court cases witnessed by the librettist during his time as a crime reporter, the opera takes place in a courtroom and plays out in a series of colorful vignettes that give audiences an insider's look into the fascinating , hilarious and often insanely bizarre world of legal drama
April 23 , 25, 29m, 30, May 2, 6, 2017 ( m=matinee) McDavid Studio, downtown Fort Worth
http://www.fwopera.org/opera/voir-dire/
Sung in English without supertitles
Regional Premiere I Part of FWOpera's Opera Unbound Series
CAST ( in various roles):
Nate Mattingly
Anna Laurenzo
Trevor Martin
Christina Pecce*
Andrew Surrena *
ARTISTIC TEAM:
Viswa Subbaraman * , conductor
David Gately, director
* denotes Fort Worth Opera debut season