THE POST OFFICE
A new opera by composer Laura Kaminsky (AS ONE) and poet/librettist Elaine Sexton (Site Specific, Drive).
Set in a contemporary one-room U.S. Post Office, this 70-minute chamber opera is as relevant today as it is faithful to 1776 America. Postal Workers challenge each other over freedom of expression in the workplace with the ghost of Benjamin Franklin (Postmaster General 1775-78) looking on and fearing the worst for democracy surviving new concepts of truth, freedom of expression, gender equality, and economic disparity.
L: Charles Renfro rendering for THE POST OFFICE set, stacked sorting bins, May 2025; R: Post office and postmistress, Widtsoe UT, photo by Dorothea Lange, 1936, Library of Congress
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