Photographs by Kelly & Massa for Opera Philadelphia Image 01: Baritone Jarrett Ott (right) is injured Confederate soldier W.P. Inman in the East Coast Premiere of Cold Mountain. Image 02: A Blind Man (Kevin Burdette) speaks with Inman ( Jarrett Ott) before Inman decides to desert the Confederate Army. Image 03: Ruby (Cecelia Hall) comes to help Ada (Isabel Leonard) tend to Black Cove Farm on Cold Mountain. Image 04: Jarrett Ott as W.P. Inman. Image 05: W.P. Inman (Jarrett Ott) recalls a happier time with Ada Monroe (Isabel Leonard) before the Civil War. Image 06: Lila (Heather Stebbins, center) and her three sisters (L- R, Olivia Vote, Lauren Eberwein, and Heather Phillips) encounter Inman ( Jarrett Ott, bottom) after he washes ashore following a dangerous trek downriver. Image 07: The once-privileged Ada (Isabel Leonard) must learn how to survive from the poor but talented Ruby (Cecelia Hall) Image 08: Ruby (Cecelia Hall) encounters her estranged father Stobrod Thewes (Kevin Burdette), who has also deserted the war. Image 09: Stobrod Thewes (Kevin Burdette) and Ada Monroe (Isabel Leonard). Image 10: Ruby (Cecelia Hall) and Ada (Isabel Leonard), at right, are visited by villainous Home Guard leader Teague (Jay Hunter Morris) and his young protégé, Birch (Andrew Farkas). Image 11: Teague (Jay Hunter Morris) uses questionable tactics in hunting down Confederate deserters. Image 12: Ada (Isabel Leonard) fends off the romantic advances of Teague (Jay Hunter Morris) throughout the opera. Image 13: Ada (Isabel Leonard) recalls saying goodbye to Inman ( Jarrett Ott) as he leaves for the Civil War. Image 14: Lucinda (Marietta Simpson), a runaway slave, encounters an injured Inman ( Jarrett Ott) among a group of murdered Home Guard prisoners. Image 15: Ada (Isabel Leonard) and Ruby (Cecelia Hall) help Ruby’s fiddle-playing father Stobrod Thewes (Kevin Burdette) and his friend Pangle (Anthony Michaels-Moore) hide from the Home Guard. Images 16 and 17: Inman ( Jarrett Ott) sings of his journey back to Ada (Isabel Leonard, in background). Images 16 and 17: Inman ( Jarrett Ott) sings of his journey back to Ada (Isabel Leonard, in background). Image 18: Ada (Isabel Leonard) and Inman ( Jarrett Ott) are reunited, but their happiness is short lived. Image 19: Ada (Isabel Leonard) and her daughter Grace (Francesca Luzi) in the epilogue of the opera, which flashes forward nine years. .