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After meeting at a prayer gathering, Brack Weaver and Jennie fall in love, but her father pushes her toward businessman Thomas Bouché for financial help. Jennie defies him and goes to a dance with Brack, where Bouché threatens Brack with a knife and dies in their struggle. Sentenced to hang, Brack escapes the night before his execution to spend time with Jennie, then turns himself in.
Moore’s one-act opera parodies a television soap opera, interrupting the sung action with commercial-style announcements. Its four roles include an announcer, a nurse, a patient and a doctor.
The opera depicts tragedy and romance among Norwegian-American settlers in Dakota Territory in 1873. The listed principal characters include Beret and Per Hansa, their neighbors Hans Olsa and Sorrine, Syvert Tonetsen and Kjersti, and their families.
A two-act operetta set at the court of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa.
A farmer runs for president because the opposing candidate was selected by a corrupt politician. His son turns over the farmer’s major speech to the opposition, helping defeat the campaign.
After meeting at a prayer gathering, Brack Weaver and Jennie fall in love, but her father pushes her toward businessman Thomas Bouché for financial help. Jennie defies him and goes to a dance with Brack, where Bouché threatens Brack with a knife and dies in their struggle. Sentenced to hang, Brack escapes the night before his execution to spend time with Jennie, then turns himself in.
Moore’s one-act opera parodies a television soap opera, interrupting the sung action with commercial-style announcements. Its four roles include an announcer, a nurse, a patient and a doctor.
The opera depicts tragedy and romance among Norwegian-American settlers in Dakota Territory in 1873. The listed principal characters include Beret and Per Hansa, their neighbors Hans Olsa and Sorrine, Syvert Tonetsen and Kjersti, and their families.
A two-act operetta set at the court of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa.
A farmer runs for president because the opposing candidate was selected by a corrupt politician. His son turns over the farmer’s major speech to the opposition, helping defeat the campaign.