Emmeline (1996)
- Composer
- Librettist
- Source Material
- Based on the novel by Judith Rossner
- Arias
- Score
Aria Anthologies
Get It Here- SYNOPSIS
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.
- PREMIERE INFORMATION
Santa Fe Opera, 1996
Artists:
- Conductor - George Manahan
- Director - Francesca Zambello
- Emmeline Mosher - Patricia Racette, soprano
- Matthew Gurney - Curt Peterson, tenor
- Mr. Maguire - Victor Ledbetter, baritone
- Aunt Hannah Watkins - Anne-Marie Owens, contralto
- Henry Mosher - Kevin Langan, bass
- Sophie - Melanie Sarakatsannis, soprano
- Pastor Avery - Herbert Perry, bass
- Mrs. Bass - Josepha Gayer, mezzo-soprano
