- Title
- The Mother of Us All
- Availability
- Available
- Category
- Opera
- Instrumentation
- Cast: 2S, A, 2T, Bar, B; 25 Singers; 6 silent actors; 1.1.2.1-2.2.1.0-2perc-harp.cel.pft-str
- Duration
- 103'
- Publisher
- G. Schirmer Inc.
- First Publisher
- Music Press
- Commission
- Commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund
- Premiere
- World: Brander Matthews Hall, Columbia University, New York City, NY, May 7th, 1947 (Columbia Theatre Associates Orchestra; Otto Luening, conductor)
- Copyright
- ©1947 G. Schirmer
- Year Composed
- 1947
- Year Published
- 1947
- M.S. Location
- The Virgil Thomson Papers at Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University
- Cardell Number
- Op3[A-C]
- Meckna Number
- W3
- Notes
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Gertrude Stein
Scenario by Maurice Grosser
- Texts
- Libretto: (English) Gertrude Stein. Scenario by Maurice Grosser.
- Related Persons
- Gertrude Stein (Librettist)
- Maurice Grosser (Scenario)
- John Taras (Sets)
- Paul Dupont (Costumes)
- Otto Luening (Conductor)
- Alice M. Ditson Fund (Commission)
- Original Cast and Role Information
Original Cast and Role Information
Role Premiere Cast Fach Susan B. Anthony Dorothy Dow Mezzo-soprano or Dramatic Soprano Anne Belva Kibler Contralto Gertrude Stein Hazel Gravell Soprano Virgil Thomson Robert Grooters Baritone Daniel Webster Bertram Rowe Bass Andrew Johnson Tenor Thaddeus Stevens Alfred Kunz Tenor Jo the Loiterer William Horne Tenor Chris the Citizen Carlton Sunday Baritone Indiana Elliot Ruth Krug Contralto Angel More Carolyn Blakeslee Soprano Henrietta M. Teresa Stich-Randall Soprano Henry B. Jacques La Rochelle Bass-baritone Anthony Comstock James Chartrand Bass John Adams Robert Sprecher Tenor Constance Fletcher Alice Howland Mezzo-soprano Gloster Herning Michael Therry Baritone Isabel Wentworth Jean Handzlik Mezzo-Soprano Anna Hope Carlton Sunday Contralto Lillian Russell Nancy Reid Soprano Jenny Reefer Dianna Herman Mezzo-soprano Ulsses S. Grant Everett Anderson Bass-Baritone Herman Atlan High Baritone Donald Gallup Baritone A.A. and T.T., page boys or postillons Negro Man and Negro Woman Indiana Elliot's Brother Bass-Baritone
