Opera+Academy+-+Grapes+of+Wrath

At the workshop, we got to meet the composer, Ricky Ian Gordon, and discuss his choices with him! || Craig Vern performed for us an aria from "The Grapes of Wrath" He is an Opera Resident who will be performing as Tom Joad! || Images from the preimere performance - The orchard in California || The Joads loading-up in the truck, getting ready for the journey and heartships ahead || During the workshop, we discussed and learned about the aflictions of the Dust Bowl and storms that plagued the area, followed by floods and famine. We learned about political implications of the time and the culture of the people living in this area of the US. || Images of a family and their mud and stick hut in Oklahoma in the 1930s || Type in the content of your page here.
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