In which we finally meet a theater that still exists and learn about how Eugene O'Neill's actor dad traumatized him into writing a masterpiece.

Tour guide: Ron Janoff
Brooklyn Cultural District Tour, Part 1
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/-Brooklyn-Cultural-District-Tour-Part-1-5651

Produced by The American Opera Project and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Majestic

Tour guide: Ron Janoff
Brooklyn Cultural District Tour, Part 1
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/-Brooklyn-Cultural-District-Tour-Part-1-5651

Produced by The American Opera Project and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Strand

BRIC House

"Let the sky rain potatoes! Let it thunder to the tune of 'Greensleeves'!" - Falstaff
William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor (written c. 1597; first published in 1602)

Contralto: Nicole Mitchell

Recorded 2021 for the American Opera Project.

Greensleeves (Traditional)

UrbanGlass

The BAM Harvey Theater and Rudin Family Gallery

Momart

In which a 15-story luxury residential hotel serves the entertainment district only to descend into one of the most derelict hotels in Brooklyn before meeting the same fate as the old theaters nearby.

Tour guide: Ron Janoff
Brooklyn Cultural District Tour, Part 1
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/-Brooklyn-Cultural-District-Tour-Part-1-5651

Produced by The American Opera Project and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Hotel Granada

Theatre for a New Audience

In which a newly renovated triangle park allows us to acknowledge many of the incredible artists that have called Fort Greene home.

Tour guide: Ron Janoff
Brooklyn Cultural District Tour, Part 1
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/-Brooklyn-Cultural-District-Tour-Part-1-5651

Produced by The American Opera Project and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Betty Carter Park

THE POST OFFICE
Music by Laura Kaminsky
Libretto by Elaine Sexton

In a contemporary U.S. Post Office the ghost of its founder, Benjamin Franklin, is a witness to escalating conflicts over freedom of expression played out among postal workers, that mirror issues nationwide, posing a threat to his legacy: democracy.

Performed and recorded on March 22, 2025

NYSCA SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS SEXTON: THE POST OFFICE (Cincinnati Opera Fusion)

AOP's mission is to develop and present new and innovative works of lyric theater, provide a creative home to emerging and established artists, and engage contemporary communities in a transformative operatic experience.

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