The Brute was written during my first Guggenheim Fellowship and is dedicated to the Guggenheim Foundation.
It received its premiere at the Yale University Norfolk Summer School in 1960 under the baton of Gustav Meier, with Jan de Gaetani in the role of Mrs. Popov.
Under the sponsorship of the New Haven Opera Society (Herta Glaz, Director) it received a grant for performances in the New Haven Public Schools, where it was paired with the stage version of Chekov's play, The Bear on which Erich Bentley based his libretto.
The Brute was chosen to represent the United States at the 20th International Youth Festival held in Bayreuth, Germany in 1970. It received its European premiere there in the Bayreuth Staatsopernhaus.
It has been performed in New York City and elsewhere in the United States. A videotape of its premiere in Chicago, under the baton of Ralph Shapey, was broadcast by CBS television in 1964.
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