one-act opera (53′) after Scene from a Play
by Bernard Malamud, 4/96
concert premiere 9/2/96 IJAFLI, Suffolk Y, Commack
co-sponsored by LICA, Puffin Foundation,
East End Arts Council-NYFA SOS Grant;
staged premiere 6/1/97 LICA concert at
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Manhattan
for soprano, mezzo, character tenor, high baritone,
male one-liner, piano/orch; publisher: Theodore Presser
as part of trilogy, Tales of Malamud –
intermezzo between Idiots First, op. 37 & Karla, op. 38
or independent work; includes Leon’s Arietta (2’30”)
and “The Rabbi and the Rich Man,” op. 116 (q.v.)
Cast: Ronald Edwards, Lenora Eve/Lucy Sorlucco,
Benjamin Spierman, Janis Sabatino Hills, Joel Ackerman;
directed & conducted from the piano by the composer
videotaped by Helene Williams – soon to be on YouTube