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Based on the popular 1994 Italian film, Il Postino by Daniel Catán stars Plácido Domingo as the poet Pablo Neruda for this exciting world premiere. In a tiny Italian fishing village, a shy young postman (Charles Castronovo) finds the inspiration to live out his dreams during his daily deliveries to his only customer, a famous poet. Also starring Amanda Squitieri, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs and Nancy Fabiola-Herrera. Grant Gershon conducts.
* LA Opera debut.
+ Operalia winner
‡ Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program alumnus
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With Mitchell Morris
One hour prior to each performance.
Please note: There will be no pre-performance lecture on Opening Night.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.
Listen by Phone
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
Phone number: 1-218-936-4700
Access code: 314902#
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RUNNING TIME
3 hours
including one intermission
PRODUCTION NOTES
World Premiere.
Commissioned by LA Opera.
Co-production with Theater an der Wien (Vienna) and Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris).
Based on the book, "Ardiente Paciencia" by Antonio Skármeta
And the film, "Il Postino" by Michael Radford
UNDERWRITER(S)
World premiere production made possible by a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Milan Panic.
Special commissioning support provided by Ed and Alicia G. Clark.
Additional generous underwriting support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Barbara Augusta Teichert, Hispanics for LA Opera, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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