A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams
The Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, in association with the South Street Seaport Museum, is proud to present “A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams,” libretto by Terry Quinn, music by Gary S. Fagin, celebrating one of the most consequential and influential couples of the Colonial period during a time when our Nation’s fortunes hung in precarious balance.
This special performance, featuring soprano Elizabeth Dabney and baritone Thomas Meglioranza, accompanied by an ensemble from the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, will take place 7:30pm Tuesday June 30 in the South Street Seaport Museum’s A.A. Thomson & Co. warehouse, 213 Water Street among displays of the Museum’s historic artifacts. Prior to the performance, audience members are invited to come early to view the Museum’s special exhibition, The Promise of Liberty: Words That Shaped a Nation, which explores the evolution of the country’s founding ideals through iconic and extraordinarily rare documents and pivotal historic moments—highlighting the central role New York played in shaping this history. Highlights include the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Doors open at 6:30pm.
“A Distant Love” covers the 11-year period when, except for intermittent visits home, John was abroad raising money for the American revolutionaries and Abigail was tending the Adams homestead. "A Distant Love" renders the flavor of this extraordinary couple’s time apart based on the extensive correspondence of these two “dearest friends;” their passions, hopes, doubts and anxieties; their complexities and half-hidden emotions; their most intimate thoughts.
Join us on June 30 for what will be a very special, memorable musical-dramatic event celebrating the inspiring words and lives of Abigail and John Adams.
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Doors open at 6:30PM, the concert will begin at 7:30PM.
Tickets will be available at the door, based on availability.
For questions or more information, please contact Anne Kuite at annek@knickerbocker-orchestra.org.
A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Performance time: 7:00PM
Location: South Street Seaport, Thompson Warehouse Building
Acknowledgements
The Promise of Liberty: Words That Shaped a Nation and accompanying events are organized by the South Street Seaport Museum in cooperation with Sail4th 250 and made possible through the generous support of Citadel founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin and his civic engagement initiative Griffin Catalyst.
Additional support for this exhibition and Sail4th 250 is provided by Bulova and Jefferson’s Bourbon.