Leonard Lehrman's Operas

Leonard Lehrman's Operas--with links to production photos & posters



Idiots First
  • one-act opera on story by Bernard Malamud,
    begun by Marc Blitzstein, completed by Leonard Lehrman

    Karla
  • one-act opera based on Bernard Malamud's
    "Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party"

    Sima
  • two-act opera based on Edgar Lehrman's translation
    of David Aizman's "Krasovitsky Couple"

    Hannah
  • three-act opera in collaboration with Orel Odinov
    based on Talmudic Chanukah legends

    The Family Man
  • one-character one-act opera based on story by Mikhail Sholokhov

    The Birthday of the Bank
  • one-act opera based on Anton Chekhov's farce "Yubilei,"
    commissioned for Lake George by Opera America

    New World
  • two-act opera opera about what Columbus did to the "Indians"
    commissioned by The Puffin Foundation

    Suppose A Wedding
  • one-act opera based on scene of a play by Bernard Malamud
    commissioned by The Puffin Foundation

    Sacco and Vanzetti
  • three-act opera begun by Marc Blitzstein, completed by Leonard Lehrman
    commissioned originally by The Ford Foundation for The Metropolitan Opera
    completion commissioned in part by The Puffin Foundation

    The Wooing
  • one-act opera on libretto by Abel Meeropol
    based on Anton Chekhov's "The Boor"