A.E. Reverie
a chamber opera in one act
2024
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Music by Kamala
Libretto by Jerre Dye
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A.E. Reverie
a chamber opera in one act
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Music by Kamala Sankaram
Libretto by Jerre Dye
2024
Setting
1929. Amelia Earhart has arrived in Chautauqua. After a full day of speaking, meeting, greeting, Amelia has retired to her room at the Athenauem Hotel for a night's sleep. Though Amelia rests, a young woman across the way cannot.
Characters
Young Woman - Soprano
Instrumentation
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Percussion (glockenspiel, vibraphone, triangle)
Harp
Strings
Performance Notes
Stemless noteheads mean the pitches are as notated; rhythm is at the discretion of the performer. Rhythm should be close to natural speech, allowing for actorly interpretation.
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Duration: 15 minutes
First printing, August 2024
Copyright ©2024 Kamala Sankaram. All Rights Reserved.
Program Note Copyright ©2024 Kamala Sankaram. All Rights Reserved
Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
Shecarefullytiptoesacrosstothebedroomwindow.
Shelooksout,staringattheAthenaeumHotelashortdistanceaway.Shelooks,inparticular, towardswhatsheimaginestobeAmelia'swindow,dawnapproaching.
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Sherushestowardthewindowandaccidentallywakesherbunkmate
Quasiparlando
It's
justme.Ineedaglassofwater. - Gobacktosleep.
Shewaitstobesurethebunkmatehasgone tosleepthenbeginstotiptoeout.
Hesitates-wasshe tooloud?
Keepsgoing.
Hesitates.
Andkeepsgoing.
Shehasfinallyreachedthelawn.Themoonisout.
Shegazesatthewindow.
room,tostay"adayortwo,"theysay,before
you'reoffinto
thesky
IfIcouldcatchjustonemoreglimpse...even - justasilhou - -etteofyouupthereinside - yourhotel - window, -
&bbbbb &bbb ?bbbbb &bbbbb &bbbbb
&bbbbb
shore, I thought myheart mightleaprightout. &bbbbb &bbbbb &bbb ?bbbbb &bbbbb &bbbbb
&bbbbb &bbbbb Bbbbbb ?bbbbb ?bbbbb
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lanticflighthavesetmeinatailspin
Vn.II
Feelingthenameonhertongue
Shelooksfranticallyforarock.
Stopsherself.
Picksitup,getsreadytothrow...
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situprightandbattheireyeslikeKewpie - dolls withPsandQsforalltosee,but
That'snotme. Somegirls,theysewandknitandfussand
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watchthegrandparade - ofclouds,ashowwayupthere,framedinblue,gen tle - fin gers - tracing
shapesofall theclouds thatstayed awhile...
lietheresometimes - alldaylonguntil - thewindsdispersedthewhite,erase - thevisions - frommysighttoleavemedreaming
tapesandteaandtalkswithkingsandqueensofforeign
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