How Clear She Shines ... in Seattle

At the beginning of this year we posted about upcoming or possible performances of Brontë-related operas. Today, March 17, arrives one of them.

HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES,
An Evening to Celebrate Women

Friday, March 17, 2006
6:45 pm - we will hold a round table discussion with composers on the program, hosted by John Muehleisen, Seattle composer.
7:30 pm - The program consists of three works by three living women composer

Program

Sonata for Flute and Piano (2005) Janet Anderson
Voices of Five Women (2005) Mary Rhoads (Settings of poems by five women)

and...

How Clear She Shines! (2002) Composer: Linda Lister. Produced by Malya Resnik.

Charlotte Brontë ……… Carolyn Maia Burton, mezzo-soprano
Emily Brontë ………… Malya Resnik Muth, soprano
Anne Brontë …………. Lynn Muehleisen, soprano

Johanna Mastenbrook, piano; Mariel Bailey, violin;
Valerie Doerrfeld, cello
Jean Kopta, conductor.

This event will be performed at:
Women's University Club
1105 6th Avenue, Seattle 98101
by members of Ladies Musical Club

There's a press release of the production where it can be found much more information about this chamber opera.

How Clear She Shines! is a chamber work in both size and style befitting the intimate yet powerful nature of its drama and musical setting. The opera culminates in a trio for two sopranos (the ethereal, otherworldly Emily and Anne) and mezzo soprano (the mourning older sister). Inspired by the Rosenkavalier trio, the piece combines Emily’s uplifting poem, which provides the opera’s title, with her poem "Sympathy," which Charlotte may have used to assuage her grief after the early passing of her sisters.

EDIT: The King County Journal has an article on this opera too.

Categories: Music, Opera