Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Séance on a Wet Afternoon is an opera in two acts by Stephen Schwartz to his own libretto, based on the novel by Mark McShane and the screenplay by Bryan Forbes to the 1964 film of the same name. The work, Schwartz's first opera after a string of Broadway musicals, premiered on 26 September 2009 at the Granada Theatre of Opera Santa Barbara which commissioned the work. The work lasts for about 2 hours 50 minutes.