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Il Mulatto(The barrier)Finale Act I-by Jan Meyerowitz&Langston Hughes, translated by Fedele D'Amico

Thomas Norwood: Carlo Cava; Cora Lewis: Lynne Strow Piccolo; Robert (Bert): John van Zelst; William: Guido Mazzini; Conductor: Maurizio Arena. "Il Mulatto" (Italian version of "The barrier", 1950) is a contemporary American opera by Jan Meyerowitz, libretto by Langston Hughes, translated in Italian by Fedele D'Amico. Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Apr/May 1976. The libretto had been adapted by Langston Hughes, an African-American poet, novelist and playwright. on his two earlier works: the play "Mulatto" (1930) and the short story "Father and Son"(1934). The story of a European-American plantation owner, Thomas Norwood, his housekeeper, an African-American woman named Cora Lewis and their biracial son, Bert, is an American tragedy based in rural Georgia in the 1930s, The music by Jan Meyerowitz reflects the double nature of his formation as a composer. Born in Europe, he expatriated to the US, where he became an American citizen, to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. Admirer of the Italian and French melodrama (Verdi, Meyerbeer, the beloved "La Gioconda"), he masterly combined in his score, inside a modern musical structure, the style of his models with the typical elements of American music (blues, jazz, swings, spirituals, pop-music)."The barrier" was first produced by the Columbia University Opera Workshop in 1950 and had a short run on Broadway. "Il Mulatto" was broadcast by RAI at the end of the fifties. Two productions followed in the seventies at the E. A. Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (1971) and E. A. Teatro Massimo di Palermo (1976).