Black Water: An American Opera Audiobook, by Joyce Carol Oates Play Audiobook Sample

Black Water: An American Opera Audiobook

Black Water: An American Opera Audiobook, by Joyce Carol Oates Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Richard Burnip Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2001 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781580814157

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

26

Longest Chapter Length:

05:35 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

50 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

03:34 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

70

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Publisher Description

Based on National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates' novella about the Chappaquiddick scandal, this tragic and beautiful new opera enthralls as a handsome senator uses power to enchant, seduce, and carelessly destroy.

An LA Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Lee Brewer, Reid Bruton, Stephanie Buckley, Karen Burlingame, Kimberly Graham, Linda Kerns, Erin Langston, Patrick Mason, John Savarese, and Rob Shacklett. Composed by John Duffy, libretto by Joyce Carol Oates.

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Awards

  • Finalist for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award
  • Finalist for the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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About Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates, an award-winning author of fiction, nonfiction, short stories, plays, and novellas, is the author of some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including two New York Times bestsellers. Her books have won the National Book Award, O. Henry Award, the Jerusalem Prize, and the National Humanities Medal, among others. Her work has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize several times. She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

About Richard Burnip

Richard Burnip is an actor, writer, and historian whose work includes theater, documentaries, audiobooks, and lectures. He has recorded more than seventy audiobooks, including thrillers, histories, biographies, and children’s books. His voice-over work includes documentaries, computer games, multimedia installations, and websites.