\u00a0 Libretti:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Life<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

– 20 sec.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been trampled<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been crumbled<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been scorned<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had to fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been left<\/span><\/p>\n

I have regrets<\/span><\/p>\n

And I often need to cry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is a mess<\/span><\/p>\n

And then you die.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Death<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

– 40 sec. (2 acts)<\/span><\/p>\n

I found my mother\u2019s suicide note.<\/span><\/p>\n

No flowers, no funeral, no nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Hope<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

– 30 sec.<\/span><\/p>\n

My father was buried on the morning of a hot sunny day.<\/span><\/p>\n

That night, when the rain came, my daughter was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dramatis Personae:<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/h3>\n

1. Life:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Angela – Soprano<\/span><\/p>\n

Kate – Mezzo-Soprano<\/span><\/p>\n

Tim – Tenor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paul – Baritone<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Crowd – Chorus<\/span><\/div>\n

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2. Death:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Anne – Soprano<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mary – Mezzo-Soprano<\/span><\/p>\n

Mourners – Chorus<\/span><\/div>\n

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3. Hope:<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Johanna – Soprano<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Costumers\u00a0– Chorus – SATB<\/span><\/div>\n

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Instrumentation:<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2 flutes<\/span><\/div>\n

2 oboes<\/span><\/div>\n

2 clarinets in Bb<\/span><\/div>\n

2 bassoons<\/span><\/div>\n

2 horns<\/span><\/div>\n

2 trumpets in C<\/span><\/div>\n

2 trombones<\/span><\/div>\n

timpani<\/span><\/div>\n

violins I,II<\/span><\/div>\n

violas<\/span><\/div>\n

cellos<\/span><\/div>\n

basses<\/span><\/div>\n

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