ST. LOUIS (AP) 鈥 Ricky Ian Gordon's 鈥漈his House," with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber, will be given its world premiere at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis in June 2025.
The commission was first announced in 2022 and was to have premiered this year. Daniela Candillari will conduct as part of Opera Theater's 50th season. The company said Thursday that Candillari's contract as principal conductor had been extended four more years through the 2028 festival season.
Candillari, 44, started as the Opera Theater's principal conductor in 2022 and this season led world premieres of Rene Orth's "10 Days in a Madhouse鈥 at Opera Philadelphia and Jeanine Tesori鈥檚 鈥淕rounded鈥 at the Washington 香港六合彩挂牌资料 Opera.
Candillari will conduct the Opera Theater of St. Louis' company premiere of Handel鈥檚 鈥淛ulius Caesar" this year starting June 9.
Nottage won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 鈥淩uined鈥 in 2009 and for 鈥淪weat鈥 in 2017. Her 鈥淚ntimate Apparel鈥 was adapted by Gordon into an opera that premiered at New York's Lincoln Center Theater in 2022.
Gerber wrote 鈥淭his House鈥 while attending Brown University, the story of a Harlem brownstone's inhabitants and ghosts through a century.
