Loving v. Virginia
Richmond Symphony and Virginia Opera
Conducted by Adam Turner
Flora Hawk, Jonathan Michie
Release Date: April 9, 2027
Richmond Symphony presents the world premiere recording of Loving v. Virginia, a co-production with Virginia Opera composed by Damien Geter with a libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo. A young couple’s marital union in 1958 sparks a case that leads to the Supreme Court decision invalidating state bans on interracial marriage. Through the voices of baritone Jonathan Michie & soprano Flora Hawk, Mildred and Richard Loving’s longing for home becomes a story of love, vulnerability, and courage that helped secure the freedom to legally marry without racial discrimination in America.
CAST
Flora Hawk as Mildred Jeter Loving
Jonathan Michie as Richard Loving
Troy Cook as Bernard Cohen
Christian Sanders as Philip Hirschkop
Benjamin Werley as Sheriff Brooks/Judge Bazile
Adam Richardson as Raymond Green
Tesia Kwarteng as Annette Byrd
Phillip Bullock as Theoliver “Jake” Jeter
Melody Wilson as Musiel Byrd Jeter
Alissa Anderson as Lola Allen Loving
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Loving v. Virginia
Composed by Damien Geter, Libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo
Act 1
Scene 1: I do. I always do.
Scene 1: We have to stay strong
Scene 1: Oyez, Oyez, Oyez
Scene 2: The flag is up
Scene 2: I hope this is the last time...
Scene 2: To win the race I build an engine
Scene 2: It could be like this, you and me
Scene 3: Virginia law is clear
Scene 4: My answer is no
Scene 4: You grow up colored and you grow a sensibility
Scene 5: Marriage Clerk's Office
Scene 5: Know the code, follow the code
Scene 5: A license for our records.
Scene 6: Our marriage license
Scene 6: My father gave me an acre of land
Scene 6: A warrant. Probable cause.
Scene 7: Love the wrong woman land you in jail
Scene 7: I'd watch your tone
Scene 7: Is there room in this cell for you and me?
Scene 7: Mama!
Scene 7: My child, my beloved child
Scene 8: We all love well and not well enough
Scene 8: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
Scene 9: Caroline County Courthouse, January 1959
Scene 9: Their plea is not guilty
Scene 9: Anything I say will be used against me
Act 2
Scene 1: Here in the city
Scene 1: I used to find satisfaction in a day's work
Scene 2: Oh my God, oh my God, that’s my son!
Scene 2: I wondered where the line would be
Scene 2: How do I say I believe in you?
Scene 3: Washington, DC, 1963
Scene 3: I’m so tired of this exile
Scene 3: From the office of the Attorney General
Scene 3: I can't stay here any longer, Richard
Scene 4: Go on, Mildred
Scene 4: The racial discrimination is clear
Scene 5: You and I both know someone will snitch
Scene 5: A House called Love
Scene 6: Look, we're famous
Scene 6: Love doesn't go by time
Scene 7: You have the right to assemble peaceably
Scene 8: All the trials lead to this
Scene 9: April 1967
Scene 9: Oyez, Oyez, Oyez
Scene 9: Did you see that? That flash of light.
Scene 9: Were we wrong to imagine we could come home?Scene 10: June 1967
Scene 10: From Chief Justice Warren
Scene 10: Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Scene 10: I feel free