OPERA

Patience & Sarah Captivation Bridge Fanny Otcott Truth

Patience & Sarah (1998)
A pioneering love story
Music by Paula M. Kimper
Libretto by Wende Persons
Based on the novel by Isabel Miller
Commissioned by American Opera Projects

www.patienceandsarah.com

"...that's just good opera."
--The New York Times
"It is a rich, moving production that
...leaves us with the greatest gift: hope."
--Chicago Free Press
"A warm welcome to Patience & Sarah.
...a rare and moving opera about women in love."
--New York Magazine
"...a charming folk opera that companies around
the country would be wise to add to their repertoire."
--New York Blade News
hands

Performance History:
First Unitarian Church of Oakland, CA (2007)
Brighton and York, England (2001-3)
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago, IL (2000)
Stonington Opera House, ME (2000)
Denver Opera Co. (2000)
World Premiere, Lincoln Center Festival 98, NYC (1998)
Preview, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA (1998)
Development, American Opera Projects, NYC (1994-1998)
Available:
Libretto, Piano/Vocal Score, Selections
Chamber Orchestration (14)
CD: of World Premiere (for promotional use only)
DVD: of World Premiere dress rehearsal
with the entire opera and P&S on: "in the life"

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The Captivation of Eunice Williams (2004)
A new opera based on an extraordinary
true story from colonial America
Music by Paula M. Kimper
Libretto by Harley Erdman
Conceived and developed
with Linda McInerney
Commissioned by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
with support from the International Music and Art Foundation

www.eunicewilliams.com

"....this is about the most powerful force in the universe,
that force is love...we should not forget these things."
-- Kwatokent TV, Kahnawake
eunice

Performance History:
Albanian National Theater, Skopje, Macedonia (2008)
Ohrid Festival: Ohrid, Struga, Tetova, Macedonia (2008)
National Museum of the American Indian, D.C. (2006)
Kahnawake Mohawk Nation (2005)
The Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown, NY (2004)
World Premiere, Reid Theatre, Deerfield, MA (2004)
Choral Suite, Pioneer Vally Symphony & Chorus, Northampton, MA (2004)
Development, UMASS Amherst (2003-2004)
Available:
Libretto, Piano/Vocal Score, Choral Suite
Chamber Orchestrations (8 or 4)
CD of World Premiere
Excerpt CD of World Premiere
DVD of World Premiere
Promo DVD

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (in progress)
A folk opera by Paula M. Kimper
Based on the novel by Thornton Wilder

"...emotional and evocative...
...the overall effect was spellbinding."
--Danbury NewsTimes
bridge

Performance History:
Workshop, Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA (2007)
Orchestra Suite, Danbury Community Orchestra, CT (2007)
Excerpts from BRIDGE, US NAVY CNO Strategic Studies Group, NYC (2005)
Opera America: New Works Showcase, Excerpts from BRIDGE, Pittsburgh, PA (2004)
Excerpts from BRIDGE, 1794 Meetinghouse, MA (2003)
Development, American Opera Projects (2000-2005)
Available:
Libretto, Piano/Vocal Score
CD of Excerpts from the opera
Orchestra Suite, DVD of Workshop

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Fanny Otcott (2009)

Music by Paula M. Kimper

Words by Thornton Wilder

from:

"Three-Minute plays for Three Persons"
Commissioned by Tappan Wilder

A twelve minute opera for three singers and piano.

premiere performance: spring 2010 - TBA

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Sojourner Truth (in progress)
Music by Paula M. Kimper
Libretto by Talaya Delaney
Conceived and developed
with Linda McInerney
Commissioned by Old Deerfield Productions
A co-production of Old Deerfield Productions and Jane Hanson Productions
Starring Evelyn Harris as Truth

premiere performance: October 2011