Emmeline
composer: Tobias Picker
librettist: J. D. McClatchy
author of original text: Judith Rossner
an opera in two acts
based on the novel by Judith Rossner
libretto by J. D. McClatchy
Dedication: dedicated to Emily Coates Sundt
Premiere: July 27, 1996 Santa Fe, NM, The Santa Fe Opera (USA) · Conductor: George Manahan · Choir director: Gary Wedow · Staging: Francesca Zambello · Costumes: Dunya Ramicova · Stage design: Robert Israel
Orchestra instrumentation: 2(2.pic).2.ca.2.bcl.0-4.2.3.0-timp(2 players preferred)-hp.pno.harmonica(or synth with harmonica sample)-str(10.8.6.6.3 minimum)-1on-stage violin (in costume)
Cast of characters: Emmeline Mosher · soprano - Sophie · soprano - Harriet Mosher · soprano - Ella Burling · soprano - Mrs Bass · mezzo-soprano - Aunt Hannah Watkins · mezzo-soprano - Matthew Gurney · tenor - Mr Maguire · baritone - Hooker · tenor - Simon Fenton · baritone - Henry Mosher · bass - Pastor Avery · bass - Sarah Mosher, Uncle Abner Watkins, Mr Summers, Mrs Maguire, Townspeople · non singing / non speaking roles - (nine) children ranging in age from two to twelve years
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation
Duration: 120' 0''
Year of composition: 1995, rev. 1997
Edition: performance material
Language: English
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Delivery rights: worldwide
Description
Emmeline Mosher is only 13 when she is sent away from her home town of Fayette, Maine to work in the cotton mills of Lynn, Massachusetts. Falling prey to the advances of her boss’ son, Mathew Gurney, she becomes pregnant and is again sent out of town to have the child. What follows is a series of catastrophic events in Emmeline’s life that ultimately lead to her ostracism from the community.
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Recordings
Emmeline (1998)
Tobias Picker
Santa Fe Opea, George Manahan (conductor), Patricia Racette (soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Curt Peterson (tenor), Victor Ledbetter (baritone), Josepha Gayer (mezzo-soprano), Kevin Langan (bass), Herbert Perry (bass-baritone)
ALBANY RECORDS
TROY 284-85
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