| Subtitle | for baritone and piano |
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| Text information | text by Tracy K. Smith |
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| Year(s) composed | 2024 |
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| Publisher | Schott Music |
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| Instrumentation | from the opera "The Righteous" |
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| Duration | 3' |
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| Premiere | July 13, 2024 · Santa Fe, NM (USA)
Santa Fe Opera
Conductor: Jordan de Souza · Santa Fe Opera · Choir director: Susanne Sheston Original staging: Kevin Newbury · Costumes: Devario Simmons · Set design: Mini Lien |
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| Commission | Commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera |
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| Language | English |
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| Synopsis | The Righteous is an opera that explores the tension between genuine faith and the fraught world of 1980s politics. Along the way, the characters’ sacred love for God becomes entwined with the complicated realities of their romantic lives. The opera opens with David, a preacher building a church in the American Southwest. He marries into a wealthy oil family and is eventually pressed to run as governor, succeeding his father-in-law Paul. At the same time, he has an affair with Sheila, whose more mystical theology enraptures him, leading them both to crossroads by the end of the decade. |
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| Roles | DAVID [baritone]— a preacher, later Paul’s successor as governor |
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