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'Cliff House,' a chamber opera

4/19/2022

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I recently completed a draft of a new chamber opera, which runs about an hour and 45 minutes. It is a kind of 'book of the dead' of an opera singer, Melina, who (after her death) finds herself in the house that she grew up in, with her grandmother. She moves through the rooms of the house, encountering situations and people from her past life, and demons who mock and impede her. By the end, she has made it to the beach in front of Cliff House, and there is a final reckoning.

The piece requires a cast of about 12 singers (some parts can be doubled) and an instrumental group of 4 players: cor anglais, trombone, piano, and violin. The music is full of stylistic references to Italian opera; sometimes ironic and sometimes sincere. There is a lot of humor in the music, but it is quite serious, ultimately.

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