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BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Harvey Lichtenstein, President and Executive Producer BAM Opera presents in the BAM Opera House September 5 - 13, 1991 The Death of Klinghoffer Music JOHN ADAMS Libretto ALICE GOODMAN Musical Director KENT NAGANO Director PETER SELLARS Choreographer MARK MORRIS Set Designer GEORGE TSYPIN Costume Designer DUNYA RAMI COVA Lighting Designer JAMES F. 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THE WORLD FAMED HAYDEN PLANETARIUM THf OtME SAYINGS l ANK Of NfW YORK, FSI THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER cast Singers Alma Rumor STEPHANIE FRIEDMAN jonathan Rumor n lOMAS YOUNG Harry Rumor SANFORD SYLVAN The Captain JAMES MADDALENA Swiss Grandmother JANICE FELTY The First Officer TI!OMAS HAMMONS Molqi THOMAS YOUNG Mamoud EUGENE PERRY Austrian Woman JANICE FELTY Leon Klinghoffer SANFORD SYLVAN "Rambo" TI!OMAS HAMMONS British Dancing Girl JANICE FELTY Omar STEPHANIE FRIEDMAN Marilyn Klinghoffer SHEILA NADLER Dancers The Angel CLARICE MARSHALL MEGAN WILLIAMS The First Officer DAN JOYCE WILLIAM WAGNER Mamoud KRAIG PATTERSON GUILLERMO RESTO Omar JUNE OMURA JEAN-GUILLAUME WEIS Molqi ALYCE BOCHE1TE RUTI1 DA VlDSON "Rambo" jOE BOWl£ MIREILLE RADWAN-DANA Leon Klinghoffer KEITH SABADO Marilyn Klinghoffer TINA FEHLANDT The Man with a Toolbox MARK NIMKOFF Hagar RACHEL MURRAY lsmael OLIVIA MARIDJAN-KOOP BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I BASS TRUMPET Benjamin Hudson, joseph Bongiorno, Prme~pal Wilmer Wise, Pn11c1pal Cotturt1tWIIn Marji Danilow Carl Sakofsky Yuval Waldman FLlJTEJPICCOLO TROMBONE Diane Bruce jonathan Taylor, Pn11crpal Carlos Villa Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Pn"apal larry Benz. Claud1a Hafer-Tond1 David Weschler joanna jenner 11MPANVPERCUSSION Richard Fiu VIOLIN II OBOE Henry Schuman, Pn"crfHII Darryl Kub1an, Pnttapal SYNlliESIZER Marion Guest Melanie Feld, &rtuh Honr MaryChun Eugenic Seid-Kroop CLARINET Kenneth Bowen Fntt Krakowski Paul Garment, Pn"apal Peter Basqum Carol Havelka Dennis Smylie, &ru O.n"" VIOLA BASSOON janet Lyman Hill, Pn"crpal Harry Searing, Pnru:lpal Sarah Adams jeffrey Marchand, Nancy Uscher ~11trabass001t CELLO FRENCH HORN Christopher Fincke!, Pri"apal Frank Donaruma, Pn"c•pal David Calhoun Scott Temple Synopsis Q copyright Alice Goodman 1991 Prologue Chorus of exiled Palestinians An American family relaxes in its living room and talks about travel. Chorus of exiled Jews. Act I, scene 1 The cruise liner Achille Lauro has been hijacked just a few hours out of the port of Alexandria, where a large group of passengers disembarked for a tour of the pyramids. Those remaining on the ship are the old, the very young, those desiring a rest amid the comforts of a floating hotel, the crew and service staff. The hijackers are an unknown number of young Palestinian men. Not until much later is it discovered that there are only four of them. Their purpose is not clear. Their actions, however, are definite. A waiter has been shot in the leg. The ship's engines have been shut down. The first officer has a gun against his head. Passengers, who had gathered in the dining room for lunch, are transferred to the Tapestry Room, which is more easily guarded. Americans, Britons, and Jews are identified. The Captain urges calm. Ocean Chorus. Act I, scene 2 The Captain is on the bridge, guarded by the teenager Mamoud. Mamoud tunes in to various local radio stations. He sings of the night, of his love for this music, and of his memories. The Captain confides his thoughts on the nature of travel. (One passenger, an Austrian woman, has locked herself into her stateroom, where she will remain for the next two days.) Just before dawn a bird lands on the ship's railing, almost at the Captain's elbow. He starts. Mamoud rebukes him. Night Chorus. Act II, scene 1 Chorus of Hager and the Angel. It is 11:30 a.m. The Achille Lauro awaits permission to enter the Syrian port of Tartus. The air corridor is deserted, as is the sea-road. Americans, Britons, and Jews have been moved on deck to the Winter Garden, which is the only place a helicopter might hope to land. Leon Klinghoffer's wheelchair cannot be lifted onto the platform, so he sits a little below the others. There is no shade. Differences between the Palestinians are becoming clearer, as is their isolation from their commanders. Molqi, the leader on board the ship, has not revealed his orders. Everyone is on edge. One Palestinian torments some of the passengers. Another, Omar, invokes the holy death he longs for. Mamoud believes that their radio contacts have betrayed them. Omar and Molqi'fight. Molqi wheels Klinghoffer away. Desert Chorus. Act II, scene 2 Klinghoffer is shot. Mrs. Klinghoffer, sitting on deck in wretched discomfort, has no idea her husband is dead. The Palestinians announce the murder to the Captain. He must inform the authorities on shore and let them know that other hostages will die. He considers it his duty as Captain to sacrifice his life for the others. Molqi decides that no further killing is necessary. During the ensuing radio negotiation the Captain assures Abu Abbas, among others, that no one has died. It is thus agreed that the ship will proceed to Cairo, where the Palestinians will be allowed to disembark. As the ship begins to move, Klinghoffer's body is thrown over the side. It will drift ashore in Syria. Day Chorus. Act II, scene 3 The Achille Lauro has docked in Cairo and the Palestinians have disembarked. 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