| REGINA (1946-48) |
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Opera
in three acts Libretto by the composer from Lillian Hellman's play 'The Little Foxes' |
| First Performance | |
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First Performance : Shubert Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, October
6, 1949 |
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| "Of course you may do it if you really wish to, but I don't know how you can add anything to the Hubbards that will make them any more unpleasant than they are already." | |
| Lillian Hellman's response to Blitzstein's suggestion that he make an opera of "The Little Foxes" |
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CHARACTERS
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| Regina Giddens | Soprano |
| Alexandra Giddens (Zan), her daughter | Soprano |
| Birdie Hubbard, Oscar's wife | Soprano |
| Addie, Regina's house- keeper | Contralto |
| Horace Giddens, Regina's husband | Bass |
| Benjamin Hubbard, Regina's elder brother | Baritone |
| Oscar Hubbard, Regina's younger brother | Baritone |
| Leo Hubbard, Birdie & Oscar's son | Tenor |
| Cal, Regina's house man | Baritone |
| William Marshall, a business man from the North | Tenor |
| Jabez, trumpeter in the Angel Band | Baritone |
| John Bagtry, an old flame of Regina's | Silent |
| Belle | Silent |
| The Angel Band | |
| A Chamber trio | |
| Townspeople | |
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ESSAYS
ON REGINA
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