Three Decembers at Opera San José

Based on the unpublished play Some Christmas Letters by Tony Award winning playwright Terrance McNally, Three DECEMBERs follows the captivating story of a famous actress, Madeline Mitchell, and her two adult children, Beatrice and Charlie over three decades (1986, 1996, and 2006), bringing to mesmerizing life a family struggling to connect, as long-held secrets come to light. With a brilliant, witty libretto by Gene Scheer and a soaring musical score by Jake Heggie, Three DECEMBERs is a 90-minute fullhearted American opera about family - the ones we are born into and those we create. Pianist/Head of Music Staff Veronika Agranov-Dafoe and pianist Sunny Yoon join the celebrated cast in an intimate, dual-piano arrangement created and conducted by Opera San José Resident Artist conductor Christopher James Ray specifically for this vibrant production.