Keyword: Michael Cavanagh

CMU composer gives new life to opera City Workers in Love

Thursday, September 17, 2026 @ 6:12 PM

Construction workers singing opera? It's a combination likely to elicit a double take, but it's at the heart of the 1992 comic opera City Workers in Love.

Composed by CMU Associate Professor of Music Neil Weisensel with a libretto by the late Michael Cavanagh, the one-act comic opera tells the story of a street repair crew and their pursuits of love and public service during a typical day.

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