Monticello

A hauntingly beautiful opera with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Leroy Aarons and score by accomplished composer Glenn Paxton. Scandal erupts in the White House―and in the national press―when Thomas Jefferson's longtime love affair with his slave mistress Sally Hemings is revealed.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Shana Blake Hill as Sally

Annette Daniels as Betty

Cynthia Jansen as Patsy

Christopher Schuman as Thomas Jefferson

Haqumai Sharpe as Madison

Michael Paul Smith as James

Musical direction by Victoria Kirsch and conducted by Richrd Rintoul.

Directed by John Rubinstein. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April of 2000.