PAPA DOC - Opera in One Act
PAPA DOC - Opera in One Act
On November 12, 1964, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a huge crowd gathered to witness an execution. The president of Haiti at that time was the dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who was seven years into what would be a fifteen-year term.
Authored (or revised): 2013
Text source: Story: Haitian-American author, Edwidge Danticat. Libretto: Richard Wesley
First performance: Trilogy Opera Company, Feb. 23, 2013
SKU
ACA-MODR-032This is an archival item from ACA's catalog, and not currently available for purchase.
Description
On November 12, 1964, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a huge crowd gathered to witness an execution. The president of Haiti at that time was the dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who was seven years into what would be a fifteen-year term.