This Is the Rill Speaking

opera in one act

from the play by Lanford Wilson adapted by Mark Shulgasser

Edition: Performance material

Series: This Is the Rill Speaking

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This story captures the everyday happenings of rural America in all of its glories and shortcomings. Like a rill, a term for a small stream or brook, the opera intermittently visits the lives of its rural inhabitants in a non-linear, fluid fashion. Such glimpses of small town life here include woman discussing home decoration, schoolboys gossiping about fellow students, farmers describing quality hay, and other trivial scenes that add up to provide an overall picture of country life.

Orchestral Cast

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Cast

Mother/Allison · mezzo-soprano - Willy · baritone - Judy · soprano - Maybelle/Peggy · mezzo-soprano - Tommy/Manny · tenor - Keith/Earl/Father · baritone

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Title:

This Is the Rill Speaking

opera in one act

from the play by Lanford Wilson adapted by Mark Shulgasser

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1991

Opus:

op. 56

Duration:

50 ′

World Premiere:

April 26, 2008 · Purchase, NY (USA)
Purchase College Conservatory of Music
Conductor: Benton Hess
Original staging: Ned Canty · Costumes: Anna Kiraly · Set desing: Glenn Reed, scene designer; Peter West, lighting designer
(scenic)

Series:

This Is the Rill Speaking