Appomattox [revised version]
Classification added November 7, 2016Premiered October 5, 2007 (original version); November 14, 2015 (revised version)
San Francisco, California. War Memorial Opera House (original version); Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center (revised version)
Composer:
Philip Glass
Original Language:
English
Librettist:
Christopher Hampton
Description:
Opera in Two Acts
Time Period:
American Civil War to the Present
Place:
United States
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Grant/Viola Liuzzo | Soprano | L |
| Abraham Lincoln/Lyndon B. Johnson | Baritone | L |
| Frederick Douglass/Martin Luther King Jr. | Baritone | L |
| Ulysses S. Grant/Nicholas Katzenbach | Baritone | L |
| Robert E. Lee/Edgar Ray Killen | Baritone | L |
| Mary Todd Lincoln/Lady Bird Johnson | Soprano | F |
| Elizabeth Keckley/Coretta Scott King | Mezzo Soprano | F |
| T. Morris Chester/John Lewis | Tenor | F |
| Mary Custis Lee/Secretary | Soprano | S |
| Mrs. Dorsey/ Amelia Boynton | Mezzo Soprano | S |
| Wilmer McLean/J. Edgar Hoover | Tenor | S |
| Brig. Gen. Edward Alexander/Cartha Deloach | Tenor | S |
| Brig. Gen. John A. Rawlins/George Wallace | Bass-Baritone | S |
| General Howell Cobb/James Fowler | Bass | S |
| Colonel Eli Parker | Tenor | B |
| Cager Lee | Tenor | B |
| Confederate Soldier | Baritone | B |
| Viola Lee | Mezzo Soprano | CB |
| Voice | Tenor | CB |
| Brigadier | Tenor | CB |
| Captain | Baritone | CB |
| Naval Officer | Baritone | CB |
| SNCC Man | Baritone | CB |
| Union Officer | Bass | CB |
| linebreak |
Minimum Chorus: 40
Divisi: SATB