Robert Eugene Ward

A student of Howard Hanson, Ward's best-known work is his Pullitzer-prize winning opera, The Crucible.

• He Who Gets Slapped, opera in three acts
  Libretto by Bernard Stambler after Andreyev.
  1955
  [revised 1973; original title Pantaloon]
• The Crucible, opera in four acts
  Libretto by the composer and Bernard Stambler after the play by Arthur Miller.
  October 26, 1961, New York City Opera, New York, New York
• The Lady From Colorado, opera in two acts
  Libretto by Bernard Stambler after H. Croy.
  1964
• Claudia Legare, opera in four acts
  Libretto by Bernard Stambler after Henrik Ibsen.
  1973
• Abelard and Heloise, opera in three acts
  Libretto by J. Hartman.
  1981
• Minutes till Midnight, opera in three acts
  Libretto by the composer and D. Lang.
  1982
• Roman Fever, opera in one act
  Libretto after the short story by Edith Wharton.
  1993
• Images of God, choral play in one act (n.d.)

• Lady Kate, operetta (1994, Ohio Light Opera)
• A Name of Napoleon, operetta
  Libretto by James "Doc" Stuart.
  2005, Ohio Light Opera

Discography

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Robert Ward Roman Fever CD / Albany 505 (2002)	Ballad from Pantaloon on Will Parker The Listeners CD / New World Records 80475 (1995)
Robert Ward The Crucible 2 CD / Albany 25 (1994)

Bibliography

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Kenneth Kreitner Robert Ward: A Bio-Bibliography Greenwood Press 1988

Last update: January 1, 2009