The Visitors

Production

The Visitors

The Visitors is an opera in three acts and a prologue, representing the only opera composed by Carlos Chvez. Featuring an English-language libretto by American poet Chester Kallman, the production is set in 14th-century Tuscany during the Black Death. The story utilizes a play-within-a-play device to explore the relationships of its protagonists, who are loosely based on characters from The Decameron. Originally premiering in New York City in 1957 under the title Panfilo and Lauretta, the final version of the opera premiered as The Visitors in Guanajuato City, Mexico, in 1999.