Librettist Gene Scheer | Composer Jake Heggie | |
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Based on Some Christmas Letters
by Terrence McNally Premiere February 29, 2008 (2008-02-29)
Houston Grand Opera Similar Dead Man Walking, Moby‑Dick, Great Scott, Elmer Gantry, The Ballad of Baby Doe | ||
Three decembers
Three Decembers is a chamber opera in two acts by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Gene Scheer which is based on the unpublished play Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally. Created with a role for Frederica von Stade, the work premiered on 29 February 2008 at the Houston Grand Opera (HGO). It commissioned the work in association with the San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances.
Contents
The opera was first presented under the working title Last Acts at the world premiere by the Houston Grand Opera.
Bea s aria from three decembers by jake heggie
Plot
The three parts of the opera are set in the month of December in the years 1986, 1996 and 2006 and it tells the story of a famous actress, Madeline, and her two adult children as they struggle to know and love each other. "It is the universal story about the family we wish for and the family we wind up with."
