Margaret O'Connell, mezzo-soprano, as Alberte-Barbe
Alberte-Barbe by Claude Deruet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Woman Waits With SwordA micro opera for unaccompanied singer
5 minutes 2021 Music by Lisa Neher Libretto by Kendra Leonard 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. ScorePreview the score (medium key)
Contact Lisa to preview the high or low keys or to request a specific transposition Program NoteWoman 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. Painting: Alberte-Barbe by Claude Deruet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons French Words in the operaFrench Words:
Alberte-Barbe D'Ernécourt [albɜɾt baɾbə dɜɾnekuɾ] cher [ʃɛɾ]: dear Monsieur[məsjø]:sir, mister, gentleman Chevalier [ʃə va lje]: a knight Dame [dam]: a noble lady Saint-Baslemont [sɛ̃ bɑlmõ]: the name of the hamlet (property) owned by Alberte-Barbe and her husband de [də]: of |