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Started the audiobook at 4am today!!!
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Vanessa Premiered 1958 Composer Samuel Barber Librettist Gian Carlo Menotti Isolated in her country house, Vanessa awaits the return of her lover Anatol from twenty years ago. A young man declaring himself to be “Anatol” eventually arrives, but he is revealed to be Anatol’s son. When a love triangle develops between Erika, Vanessa’s niece, and the new “Anatol”, Vanessa descends into delusion in this starkly chilling tragedy. Vanessa is an underappreciated gem of twentieth-century American opera by Samuel Barber with a libretto by his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti.
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Bluebeard's Castle Premiered 1918 Composer Béla Bartók Librettist Béla Balázs Bluebeard’s Castle is a short symbolist opera lasting an hour with only two characters - Bluebeard and his new wife, Judith. As judith opens the doors of bluebeard’s castle, she must confront the reality of her new married life. filled with gorgeous and challenging polytonal music for the singers and orchestra, Bluebeard’s Castle weaves a dissonant, dark spell.
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The Turn of the Screw Premiered 1954 Composer Benjamin Britten Librettist Myfanwy Piper (after Henry James's novella) Based on the gothic horror novella by Henry James, The Turn of the Screw depicts a governess caring for two children at an English manor house. The governess begins to believe the children are haunted by the ghosts of two former employees of the manor. Benjamin Britten‘s opera contains the 12-note “Screw” theme, which musicologist Peter Evans contends implies “an infinitely extended pattern”, suggesting that “this screw can turn forever.”
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM