Emmeline
Brief Synopsis
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Performance of composer Tobias Picker's first opera, "Emmeline," based on a true story and later a novel by Judith Rossner. In pre-Civil War Maine, the 13-year-old Emmeline Mosher is sent from her home on a farm in Fayette to earn sorely needed money for her family in the textile mills of Lowell, Ma
Cast & Crew
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Francesca Zambello
Director
Michelle Mattalina
Wright Moore
Melanie Sarakatsannis
Victor Ledbetter
Anne-marie Owens
Film Details
Also Known As
Great Performances (04/02/97)
Genre
Adaptation
Music
Period
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Performance of composer Tobias Picker's first opera, "Emmeline," based on a true story and later a novel by Judith Rossner. In pre-Civil War Maine, the 13-year-old Emmeline Mosher is sent from her home on a farm in Fayette to earn sorely needed money for her family in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. She is seduced, becomes pregnant, and flees in shame. Emmeline gives up her baby for adoption and, back in Fayette, lives alone for years. Eventually, she meets a younger man, Matthew Gurney, whom she marries, only later to find out that he is her son. Disgusted, he abandons her, and she lives on in profound disgrace, shunned and more alone than ever.
Cast
Michelle Mattalina
Wright Moore
Melanie Sarakatsannis
Victor Ledbetter
Anne-marie Owens
Josepha Gayer
Kevin Langan
Curt Peterson
Herbert Perry
Charlotte Dick
Gregory Keil
Mary Jane Kania
Patricia Racette
Crew
Amy Appleyard
Lighting
Gary Bradley
Editor
John Crosby
Music
David Horn
Producer
Robert Israel
Scenic Artist
George Manahan
Music Conductor
J D Mcclatchy
Other
Tobias Picker
Music
Dunya Ramicova
Costume Designer
Molly Rose
Assistant
Judith Rossner
Source Material (From Novel)
Jac Venza
Executive Producer
John Walker
Producer
Gary Wedow
Other
Film Details
Also Known As
Great Performances (04/02/97)
Genre
Adaptation
Music
Period
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
