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FULL Try Me, Good King (Larsen) Portland ME 2021 Opera on Tap
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Try Me, Good King
- Composer: Larsen Libby
- Libretto: Texts by Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard
- Venue & Opera Company: Studio of Wohler & Co., Portland, Maine
- Recorded: 2021
- Type: Movie
- Singers: Sarah Tuttle, Shaunna Lucas, Kimberly Ouellette, Erin Chenard, Mary Johnston Letellier
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Paul Stephan, PIANO
- Stage Director: Alexandra Dietrich
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Opera on Tap Maine
- Date Published: 2021
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Try Me, Good King is a group of five songs drawn from the final letters and gallows speeches of Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard. Henry’s sixth wife, Katherine Parr, outlived him and brought some domestic and spiritual peace into Henry’s immediate family. Although her written devotions are numerous, and her role in the story of the six wives of Henry VIII is that of a peaceful catalyst. In these songs I chose to focus on the intimate crises of the heart that affected the first five of the six wives. In a sense, this group is a monodrama of anguish and power.