Pennsylvania Opera Theater di San Domingo" (1982), Weil's "The Threepenny Opera" (1984), Britten's "The Turn of the Screw" (1987), Henry Purcell's "The Fairy-Queen" (1988), and Robert Ward's "The Crucible" (1989). The company's final performance was of Mozart's "Così fan tutte" on May 14, 1993 at the Merriam Theater with Jennifer Jones as Fiordiligi, Janine Hawley as Dorabella, Matthew Lau as Guglielmo, Robert Baker as Ferrando, Sara Seglem as Despina, and Robert Holden as Don Alfonso. Pennsylvania Opera Theater The Pennsylvania Opera Theater (TPOT) was an American opera company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1975 by Barbara Silverstein, the company presented an annual
The Aspern Papers (opera) The Aspern Papers (opera) The Aspern Papers is a 1987 opera in two acts with music and libretto by Dominick Argento, commissioned by The Dallas Opera. It is based on the novella "The Aspern Papers" by Henry James. The opera premiered on November 19, 1988, in Dallas with a cast including Elisabeth Söderström, Frederica von Stade, and Richard Stilwell, conducted by Nicola Rescigno. The premiere was telecast in the United States on "Great Performances" on PBS. Argento's opera makes numerous changes in the characters, plot and setting of Henry James' novella. For instance: Aspern is a composer, not a poet;