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- Nathaniel Stookey
Ivonne (2014)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
Programme Note
Text: Jerre Dye
Ivonne, for soprano, harp, violin, and viola, is a 20-minute monodrama, commissioned by Opera Memphis as part of the “Ghosts of Crosstown” project. The project is a series of short operas inspired by the oral histories of people who shopped or worked in the landmark Sears Crosstown building, long since abandoned. Ivonne is a hard-edged and emotionally detached head-secretary, circa 1960, whose shocking discovery in a company restroom shatters her resolutely controlled façade.
Synopsis:
Ivonne is a hard-edged and emotionally detached head-secretary, circa 1960, whose shocking discovery in a company restroom shatters her resolutely controlled façade. This 20-minute monodrama was commissioned by Opera Memphis as part of the “Ghosts of Crosstown” project. The project is a series of short operas inspired by the oral histories of people who shopped or worked in the landmark Sears Crosstown building, long since abandoned.
Ivonne, for soprano, harp, violin, and viola, is a 20-minute monodrama, commissioned by Opera Memphis as part of the “Ghosts of Crosstown” project. The project is a series of short operas inspired by the oral histories of people who shopped or worked in the landmark Sears Crosstown building, long since abandoned. Ivonne is a hard-edged and emotionally detached head-secretary, circa 1960, whose shocking discovery in a company restroom shatters her resolutely controlled façade.
Synopsis:
Ivonne is a hard-edged and emotionally detached head-secretary, circa 1960, whose shocking discovery in a company restroom shatters her resolutely controlled façade. This 20-minute monodrama was commissioned by Opera Memphis as part of the “Ghosts of Crosstown” project. The project is a series of short operas inspired by the oral histories of people who shopped or worked in the landmark Sears Crosstown building, long since abandoned.