Wallace Shawn, known as a stage and film actor as well as a playwright, is the author most recently of The Designated Mourner. Allen Shawn, who is his brother, has composed chamber music, orchestral works, song cycles, and music for ballet and theater.

Tom Cairns, a veteran of productions at the Royal Opera, Opera North, and the Bavarian State Opera, is the director; New York City Opera associate conductor Timothy Long is the musical director.

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