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Raquel, a young widow unable to have a child, believes motherhood will give her immortality. She forces her lover Juan to marry Berta so that they can have a child for her to take. After Juan gives her the baby, he kills himself. Berta becomes insane, and Raquel triumphantly cares for both Berta and the child.
An English-language three-act opera by Thomas Pasatieri, with a libretto by Frank Corsaro based on Corsaro’s play Lyric Suite. Its roles include the former diva Frau Margot, a composer, her companion, agent and a detective.
Gorgibus plans to marry his daughter Célie to wealthy Valère, though she and Léon love each other. When Célie faints and loses a locket with Léon’s portrait, a chain of mistaken assumptions makes Clara suspect her husband Signor Deluso and makes Deluso, Célie and Léon each suspect infidelity. Rosine resolves the confusion by revealing that Valère has been secretly married to his maid; Célie and Léon can marry.
This three-act English opera by Thomas Pasatieri is based on Anton Chekhov's 1896 play The Seagull.
Set in and around Washington, Illinois, the opera focuses on Mary Todd Lincoln’s 1875 trial, in which her sanity was evaluated. Flashbacks to her early life lead to the judgment that she is insane and her committal.
Raquel, a young widow unable to have a child, believes motherhood will give her immortality. She forces her lover Juan to marry Berta so that they can have a child for her to take. After Juan gives her the baby, he kills himself. Berta becomes insane, and Raquel triumphantly cares for both Berta and the child.
An English-language three-act opera by Thomas Pasatieri, with a libretto by Frank Corsaro based on Corsaro’s play Lyric Suite. Its roles include the former diva Frau Margot, a composer, her companion, agent and a detective.
Gorgibus plans to marry his daughter Célie to wealthy Valère, though she and Léon love each other. When Célie faints and loses a locket with Léon’s portrait, a chain of mistaken assumptions makes Clara suspect her husband Signor Deluso and makes Deluso, Célie and Léon each suspect infidelity. Rosine resolves the confusion by revealing that Valère has been secretly married to his maid; Célie and Léon can marry.
This three-act English opera by Thomas Pasatieri is based on Anton Chekhov's 1896 play The Seagull.
Set in and around Washington, Illinois, the opera focuses on Mary Todd Lincoln’s 1875 trial, in which her sanity was evaluated. Flashbacks to her early life lead to the judgment that she is insane and her committal.