Organization

Conductor

Cailin Marcel Manson

Singer

Tenor

Joshua Collier

Giac

Mezzo-soprano

JoAnna Pope

Elvira, wife to Giacomo P.

Soprano

Sarah Callinan

Doria, maidservant at the the Giacomo P. villa

Claire Black

Piano

Bass-baritone

Andrew Jurden

Fr. Matteucci, Parish priest

Abagail Hunter

Nightingale, a bird, in life and in spirit

Baritone

Nicholas Tocci

Giacomo P.

Stage director

Barn Opera

Giacomo’s Muse

Brandon

United States

The Barn Opera House

Public

Approved

Doria's aria from the new chamber operaGIACOMO'S MUSE

Young composer, Giac, in the midst of composing his magnum opus - his opera - invokes the spirit of Giacomo P, the world-famous Italian opera composer, to discover the truth of his life, and the scandal that plagued him even until death. 
Through a series of flashbacks and supernatural visions, we discover the relationship of Giacomo and his wife, Elvira, and her all-encompassing jealousy, the accusations of infidelity that eventually ended in excommunication and an innocent’s suicide. 

Giacomo’s Muse explores themes of time, fidelity, passion, truth, honor, and what history can teach us if we are willing to learn, all within the construct of Douglas Macari’s exquisite and painfully beautiful poetry, and the etherial beauty of Philip Henderson’s music, written for chamber orchestra.

BARN OPERA is thrilled to welcome the composer, librettist, and orchestrator from the UK to the BARN OPERA House for this World-Premiere production, and will be giving a brief talk-back after the performance each night.

English

Giacomo’s Muse by Henderson, P., From (2023/2023), Directed by Joshua Collier,, Conductor Cailin Marcel Manson, The Barn Opera House, Brandon, United States

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