one-act opera based on composer’s translation of Chekhov’s
Yubilei for SMTBarB (& Extras), commissioned by
Opera America for Lake George Opera Festival,
prem. there 8/3/88 – excerpted,
staged & introduced by Rosalind Elias
(quotes from her signature tune,
“Must the Winter Come So Soon,”
from Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, among other things);
28 numbers (50′);
prem. staged & conducted by composer 6/12/98 concertante,
Adelphi Univ.;
semi-staged:
6/21/98 Glenwood Presbyterian Church, Glenwood Landing;
NYU Theater 6/22/98 – all 3 part of LICA’s EastEuroFest;
staged:
9/6/99 Jewish Arts Festival of Long Island, Commack NY
9/30/99 Queens College
with Ronald Edwards, Peter Ludwig, Maro Partamian,
Janis Sabatino Hills, Benjamin Spierman/Nathan Bahny,
Natalia Jitomirskaia; videotaped by Helene Williams