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America Can Be Better

Monodrama for Bass-baritone Voice and String Quartet
Text adapted from United States President Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Address
Approx. 18 minutes

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Artemisia Gentileschi

Chamber Opera
Soprano, Baritone, and Actor
Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano

Opera-in-Progress about Artemisia Gentileschi’s meeting with her father Orazio in London at the time of his death. Libretto by Piera Mungiguerra

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Bartleby the Scrivener

2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, Bass Voice, String Quartet, Percussion
90-110 Minutes

Opera based on Henry Melville’s short story

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My Wings Burned Off

Operatic Monodrama - for Soprano and 12 String (3-3-3-3)
Based on the play The Life and Death Of by June Carryl
Approximately 1 hour

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Jemima

Chamber opera - 2 mezzos, tenor, baritone and bass voice; ensemble of clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano.
Libretto by June Carryl about Nancy Green, the first woman hired to play Aunt Jemima for the American pancake flour company.
Approximately 25 minutes

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Tyrant

Micro-opera - Soprano, Baritone, Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello
Based on Aesop’s The Wolf and the Lamb
Approx. 9 minutes

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