First performance 2005 Librettist Daniel Mark Epstein | Composer Damon Ferrante Language English | |
Jefferson & Poe is a lyric opera in two acts with music by Damon Ferrante and libretto by Daniel Mark Epstein.
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Storyline
The opera takes place at Monticello on a March evening in the early nineteenth century and portrays two love stories: one between an elderly Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings and the other between a young Edgar Allan Poe and the daughter of Jefferson and Hemings.
Awards
The work received its premiere at Theatre Project in Baltimore and at Symphony Space in Manhattan in 2005.
References
Jefferson & Poe: A Lyric Opera Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA