Operas

• A Scandal in Bohemia: chamber opera in two acts, after a story by A. Conan Doyle, 2008. Libretto by Nathalie Anderson.
  • • Audio clip: Quartet from Scandal in Bohemia. Setting: London, 1880’s.  After discretely following the singer Irene Adler through the streets of London, Sherlock Holmes is unexpectedly pressed into service as a witness as she is married to her lawyer, Godfrey Norton. Minister: the late Julian Rodescu; Norton: David Kravitz;  Adler: Laura Heimes; Holmes: Markus Beam; James Freeman, conductor, with Orchestra 2001.
• Sukey in the Dark: chamber opera in one act, 2001; revised 2016. Libretto by Nathalie Anderson. 
  • Audio clip: Aria from Sukey in the Dark This opera is a modernized version of the myth of Eros and Psyche. Eros has married Psyche, (“Sukey” in our version), but he comes to her only at night and never permits her to see his face. In this aria, Sukey sings to Eros that she yearns for their marriage to emerge from darkness.  Audio from the Peabody Chamber Opera production with soprano Madeline Huss in the title role.
• The Black Swan, chamber opera in two acts after the novella by Thomas Mann; 1996. Libretto by Nathalie Anderson.
  • Audio clip 1: Trio from The Black Swan   Setting: Düsseldorf, Germany, 1920’s.  Rosalie von Tümmler, her daughter Anna, and Ken Keaton, a young American, admire the famous swans in the moat at Holterhof castle.
  • Audio clip 2: the Kiss from The Black Swan Later, while exploring the ruins, Rosalie and Ken find each other in a kiss. Audio clips are from the September 1998 production, directed by Sarah Caldwell. Anna: Tamara Matthews; Ken: David Kravitz; Rosalie: Freda Herseth; Orchestra 2001, James Freeman, artistic director.
  • Black Swan: Act II, scene ii libretto excerpts

• Cassandra: chamber opera in two acts, 2019. Libretto by Nathalie Anderson.
  • Audio clip: Aria from Cassandra: Setting: aboard a Greek ship during the Trojan wars. Cassandra, a prophet from Troy, is a captive on a ship commanded by the Greek warrior Agamemnon. She mourns for the lost Troy of her childhood, a city that no one will ever see again. (Archival recording:  Cassandra: Shelby Billups; Music Director: Shira Samuels-Shragg.  Orchestra: students in the Department of Music and Dance, Swarthmore College.)
• The Royal Singer, a chamber opera in one act for children, 2015. Libretto by Nathalie Anderson, after a scenario by Stephen Russell.
• Prologue, Ciappelleto’s Scene, and Interludes for Decameron, a chamber opera after Boccaccio, 2010. Libretto by Karen Saillant.