Louis Karchin's just-completed one-act opera, Roman Fever, based on a short story of the same title by Edith Wharton, and adapted by librettist Joan Ross Sorkin, will be presented in excerpts at a celebratory event at Grace Church in Manhattan. Premiering the lead roles of Grace Ansley and Alida Slade will be sopranos Kerrigan Bigelow and Sofia Scatterreggia, with Luke Poeppel as music director and pianist. Excerpts will be interspersed with commentary by Sorkin and Karchin, in a discussion moderated by Natalie Johnsonius Neubert, President and CEO of Berkshire Opera Theatre.
This performance is co-sponsored by the Mount, Wharton's ancestral home in the Berkshires and Grace Church, where Edith Wharton was baptised. This event is free, but registration is required through the Mount's website: https://edithwharton.org/event/roman-fever/.
A reception follows the performance.