Brontë operas for 2006

We thought that we should put together some information that we have compiled over the last weeks relating Brontë and opera for this year.

1- First, the US premiere of Michael Berkeley's "Jane Eyre" as we reported previously (July in Saint Louis).

2- Maybe this year MSR Classics will publish the recording of Nils Vigeland's chamber opera False Love /True Love, based on two scenes from Jane Eyre (The English National Opera commissioned and gave the first performance at the Almeida Theatre in London in 1992). In the Amy Goldstein (soprano) webpage (she plays Jane Eyre) is scheduled for 2005 but as far as we know it has not appeared yet. You can, nonetheless, listen to a sample here.

3- And there's still a third one around:

How clear she shines! Composed by Linda Lister
West Coast Premiere: How Clear She Shines by Shorter College’s Linda Lister.

The Ladies Musical Club of Seattle, Wash., will present the West Coast premiere of How Clear She Shines! on Friday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s University Club of Seattle.

The chamber opera was written by Shorter College assistant professor of music, voice coordinator and opera workshop director Dr. Linda Lister. The opera premiered at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2002.

Dr. Lister received the Bachelor of Arts in music degree from Vassar College, the Master of Music in voice from Eastman School of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in voice performance from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is featured on the Albany Records CDs The American Soloist and Seasons of Gold, and her essay on Wuthering Heights and opera will be published in the upcoming book The Brontes and the Arts. A composer, Dr. Lister is also a choreographer and dance instructor.

One of the singers will be the soprano Malya Resnik as we read here:
In 2006, she plans to present “How Clear She Shines!” by Linda Lister, a semi-opera based on the lives of the Bronte Sisters, as a fundraiser for Ladies Musical Club.

Categories: Music, Opera, Jane_Eyre,Charlotte_Brontë