Emmeline

Name: Emmeline
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 158727
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An opera in two acts

based on the novel by Judith Rossner

Edition: Performance material

Series: Emmeline

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Based on the novel by Judith Rossner, Emmeline is an American retelling of the Oedipus myth from the mother’s viewpoint. The opera begins in 1841, when 13-year-old Emmeline is sent to work in a Massachusetts mill to earn money. Seduced by the factory supervisor, she gives birth to a child, who is then swiftly given away. Twenty years later, Emmeline marries a young man only to discover too late that he is in fact her son. She becomes irrevocably ostracized by society. Heidi Waleson of The Wall Street Journal calls it 'a measure by which I assess the theatrical impact of other new operas. With its poetic, streamlined libretto and Mr. Picker’s vivid score, this two-hour opera is continuously gripping, without a wasted note.'

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Orchestral Cast

2(2.pic).2.ca.2.bcl.2-4.2.2.btbn.0-timp(2 players preferred)-hp.pno.harmonica(or synth with harmonica sample)-str(10.8.6.6.3 minimum)-on-stage violin (in costume)

Cast

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 - women's chorus - 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

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Title:

Emmeline

An opera in two acts

based on the novel by Judith Rossner

Libretto by J. D. McClatchy

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1995

Duration:

120 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

July 27, 1996 · Santa Fe, NM (USA)
The Santa Fe Opera
Conductor: George Manahan · Choir director: Gary Wedow
Original staging: Francesca Zambello · Costumes: Dunya Ramicova · Set design: Robert Israel
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera through the generosity of a friend

Series:

Emmeline

Keywords:

#opera #19th century #America #oedipus #american literature #society #novel #cotton mill #greek myth #incest #massachusetts