Aunt Helen (2012)
- Composer
- Librettist
- Source Material
- Inspired by Dr. Helen Creighton
- Arias
- Score
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Get It Here- SYNOPSIS
Based on her autobiography A Life in Folklore, the libretto was written as a one-sided radio interview that might have occurred in her seventies. The unseen interviewer asks three questions: 1) How did you come to be a folk song collector? 2) What are some of your favourite stories from your travels? and 3) What are some of the obstacles you encountered? Through answering these questions, “Aunt Helen” gives us a glimpse into her life and into her personality. Amidst her interview, several folk songs are heard, partly to give further meaning to her answers, and partly to colour her experience with the most intrinsic material of her life.
- PREMIERE INFORMATION
Opera from Scratch, 2012
Artists:
- Maureen Batt, soprano
