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The American Dream

Composer
Librettist
Opera
The Last American Hammer (2018)
Score

Vocal Score

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Performances
Voice Type
Baritone
Character
Milcom
Description

Milcom explains that the town’s only major source of employment – a hammer manufacturer – has gone under, leaving the residents lost. He is armed with “the Last American Hammer” to roll off the plant’s line and intends to hold a proxy trial against the US government using Toby jugs as physical stand-ins for a court.

Length
3.5'
Image of the tessitura for the aria