No Exit is a one-act chamber opera by Andy Vores based on the 1944 existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The opera was written for Boston's Guerilla Opera and had its world premiere, directed by Sally Stunkel, on April 24, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory's Zack Box Theatre.[1] The opera received a second production by Chicago Opera Vanguard October 16-18, 2009 in the Hoover-Leppen Theater at the Center on Halsted.[2]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 24 April 2008 | Chicago Opera Vanguard Cast, 16-18 October 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estelle | soprano | Aliana de la Guardia | Susan Nelson |
| Inez | mezzo-soprano | Leslie Ann Leytham | Caitlin McKechney |
| Garcin | tenor | Michael Rausch | Matthew Newlin |
| Valet | baritone | Peter D. Weathers | Peter D. Weathers |