Margaret Garner

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Margaret Garner is an opera for which Toni Morrison wrote the libretto, dramatizing the true story of an enslaved woman who killed her child rather than see her returned to slavery.

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instanceOf opera
acts 2
basedOn life of Margaret Garner (enslaved woman)
commissionedBy Cincinnati Opera
Michigan Opera Theatre
Opera Company of Philadelphia
composer Richard Danielpour
featuresCharacter Cilla
Edward Gaines
Margaret Garner
Robert Garner
firstPerformanceOrganization Michigan Opera Theatre
genre opera
historicalContext Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
language English
librettist Toni Morrison
librettoBasedOn historical court records of Margaret Garner case
notableProduction Cincinnati Opera 2005 production
linked to: Cincinnati Opera

Opera Company of Philadelphia 2006 production
orchestration full orchestra
premiereCity Detroit
premiereCountry United States
premiereDate 2005-05-07
premiereLocation Detroit Opera House
productionType co-commission
setting Kentucky
Ohio
subject American Civil War era
linked to: American Civil War

escape from slavery
infanticide
slavery in the United States
theme freedom
moral dilemma
motherhood
racial injustice
timePeriod 1850s
vocalForces chorus
soloists

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Margaret Garner featuresCharacter Margaret Garner