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Pearl, an opera in developmentDate: July 19, 2012 by Amy Scurria  Views: 1096 Location: Massachusetts, USA Choir type: Chamber Choirs and Vocal Ensembles Voicing: Mixed
Pearl: an opera in development (In Two Acts)A Contemporary Re-telling of the Scarlet LetterComposed by Amy Scurria Libretto by Carol Gilligan and Jonathan Gilligan Musical Direction by Sara Jobin Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne, now a grown woman, revisits scenes of her childhood. This will be the first workshop performance of the completed score, with piano accompaniment, followed by conversation with the composer, librettists and conductor/ producer.
From Sara Jobin: "As of this posting, the title role soprano has only been able to get through the end once without crying . . . conductor still can't do it. Daughters, bring your mothers. Mothers, bring your adult daughters."
August 13, 2012, 7:30 PM
Shakespeare and Company
Lenox, MA
Cast:
Maureen O'Flynn as Hester Prynne
Marnie Breckenridge as Adult Pearl
Olivia Marchione as Child Pearl
John Bellemer as Arthur Dimmesdale
John Cheek as Reverend Wilson
Jack Brown as Roger Chillingworth
John Demler as Governor Bellingham
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