Prescription (2015) - micro-opera

for soprano, mezzo-soprano, Bb clarinet/bass clarinet, and cello

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Libretto by the composer

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Duration: ca. 9'

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CAST: Patient ::: Soprano (D4 - C#6)

           Nurse ::: Mezzo-soprano (Ab3 - F5)

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Premiere: Rhymes with Opera @ National Opera Center ::: August 2015 ::: New York, NY

                  Patient, Esha Datta

                  Nurse, Karen Hayden

                  Clarinets, Aleksandr Karjaka

                  Cello, Jennifer Girone-Virgilio

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Performance History:

• Hartford Opera Theater ::: November 2015 ::: Hartford, CT

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Synopsis

An overworked and underpaid nurse has to deal with a pill popping hypochondriac’s demand to see her doctor.  

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