Appomattox

About the show

As the Civil War nears its end, Grant and Lincoln consider surrender terms while Lee weighs whether to continue the fight. At Appomattox Court House, Grant offers terms that let Confederate soldiers return home, and Lee accepts. The opera flashes forward to later racial violence and civil rights struggles, including the Colfax massacre, the Selma marches, and a jailed Klansman's recollection of murder, as Julia Grant concludes that war will not be the last.