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FULL A Shipwreck Opera (John B. Hedges) Chapel Hill NC 2013 Long Leaf Opera
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: A Shipwreck Opera
- Composer: Hedges John B.
- Libretto: Aimee Bender Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Long Leaf Opera, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Recorded: 2013
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Tara Sperry, Shannon French, Maurio Hines, Daniel Crupi
- Conductor: John B. Hedges
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Richard C. Wall
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Date Published: 2013
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Synopsis:
A baby is shipwrecked by a tired ocean (Prologue), and raised by a tree. Being raised by a tree, she does not realize that she is mobile, and could leave the island. The tree, however, does see her mobility, and is no longer sure how to parent this young woman (Scene 1). The girl is seduced by the wind, who then causes some shipwrecks of his own by showing off for her (Scene 2). The shipwrecks bring forth a lumberjack who cuts down the tree and makes a raft, causing the young woman enormous distress and sadness (Scene 3). In a finale where the ocean, tree and wind sing to the young woman, she understands that she can leave the island, and takes off into the unknown (Scene 4).