Kurt Weill: Street Scene
1993The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.
Acted in
Janice Cairns
as Anna Maurrant
Lesley Garrett
as Rose Maurrant
Kevin Anderson
as Sam Kaplan
Mark Richardson
as Frank Maurrant
Daniel Ison
as Willie Maurrant
Terry Jenkins
as Abraham Kaplan
Richard Halton
as Harry Easter
Keel Watson
as Henry Davis
Philip Gould
as Dick McGann
Caroline O'Connor
as Mae Jones
Anthony Mee
as Lippo Fiorentino
Christine Bunning
as Greta Fiorentino
Meriel Dickinson
as Emma Jones
Shelagh Squires
as Olga Olsen
Harry Nicoll
as Daniel Buchanan
Yvette Bonner
as Jennie Hildebrand