Carlisle Floyd is perhaps the foremost American opera composer. It took him five years and several rewrites to complete Of Mice and Men. Based on John Steinbeck’s classic novel about two migrant arm workers, Carlisle Floyd’s tender adaptation is musically accessible and an unforgettable emotional journey into the human condition.

story | Two poor migrant farm workers, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, cling to the dream of a farm of their own…a home. When the dream starts to unravel, George must make an agonizing decision as to what is best for Lennie.

performed in english.
bass performance hall, fort worth

Highlights

• Stars Anthony Dean Griffey as Lennie. He is an international star and considered the definitive Lennie.
• Melodic, sweeping musical score and a very dramatic and moving story set in the Salinas Valley in California during the Depression.
• FWOpera's own 2007-2008 Season Young Artist, Brandi Icard, is featured as Curley's wife.
• The production will feature an amazing scene shift into the bunkhouse-the ENTIRE bunkhouse flies in au vista, including bunk beds!