Woman Waits With Sword: micro opera for unaccompanied voice
PDF score of Woman Waits With Sword, a micro-opera for unaccompanied singer.
Music by Lisa Neher, libretto by Kendra Preston Leonard
Length: 4 minutes
Range:
Soprano/High Key Version Range: A3 - B5 or ossia A3-G5
Mezzo/Medium Key Version Range: G3-A5, or ossia G3-F5
Additional Transpositions available by request.
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Program note:
Woman Waits with Sword celebrates self-reliance. In 17th century France, Alberte-Barbe D'ernécourt, Dame (noble lady) de Saint-Baslemont, has been protecting her people from invaders during the Hundred Years’ War. But when an intruder tries to claim her home and ignores her because of her sex, she becomes the Chevalier (knight or noble lord—assumed to be a man) de Saint-Baslemont and challenges him to a duel he cannot turn down.
This opera was written for mezzo-soprano Margaret O’Connell for the One Voice Project Micro-Opera Festival in 2021.
Sliding scale performance rights licensing will be arranged with the composer with consideration for the performer's budget.
Painting: Alberte-Barbe by Claude Deruet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons