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Jefferson & Poe is a lyric opera in two acts with music by Damon Ferrante and libretto by Daniel Mark Epstein.[1]
Storyline edit
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 edit
The work received its premiere at Theatre Project in Baltimore and at Symphony Space in Manhattan in 2005.
References edit
- ^ "From Stage to Sing: Composer Damon Ferrante Coaxes Baltimore Writer Daniel Mark Epstein To Transform His Play Into An Opera". Geoffrey Himes. Baltimore City Paper. November 16, 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- Dale Keiger (February 2005). "Changing Their Tune". Johns Hopkins Magazine [1]
- Elise D'Haene (2 August 2007). "Exploring Opera's New Golden Age". The East Hampton Star