The Whole Truth is a short comic opera with music by Robert Paterson and a libretto by Mark Campbell (Bastianello & Lucrezia), based on a short story by author Stephen McCauley. A married women attempts to delude herself into thinking she can carry on two affairs at the same time. The first with a fellow dentist and the new affair with a young carpenter who has come to work on her and her husband’s home.
“The Whole Truth is like Opera Espresso: short, concentrated, and energizing.”–DC Metro Theater Arts
Performances are at Atlas Performing Arts Center (in the heart of DC’s vibrant and eclectic H Street neighborhood) and produced by UrbanArias.
Starring Amedee Royer, Kate Jackman, Andrew McLaughlin and Jeffrey Gates
Accompanied by R. Timothy McReynolds (piano)
Directed by Courtney Kalbacker