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Composer’s Log: Dec. 4, 2017

2017-12-04 Jessica Rudman

Last week, I revealed my goal for this week: to finish a draft of the piano-vocal score for the opera.…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: excerpt, Marie

Composer’s Log: Nov. 13, 2017

2017-11-13 Jessica Rudman

A couple weeks ago, Kendra posted about writing an expanded aria for Irene, as we felt that the character needed…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: aria, excerpt, Irene, Marie, Pierre

Librettist’s Log: Writing Irene Curie

2017-10-28 kpl

Hello everyone– This week I’m taking over the Composer’s Log entry and making it a Librettist’s Log so that I…

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Posted in: Composer's Log Filed under: aria, excerpt, Irene, libretto, process, scenes, text

Composer’s Log: Oct. 2, 2017

2017-10-02 Jessica Rudman

There’s nothing like a deadline to motivate me to compose—though friends help, too! This week, I’ve been trying something new…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Updates Filed under: excerpt, Hartford Opera Theater, Irene, Marie, teaser

Composer’s Log: Sept. 4, 2017

2017-09-04 Jessica Rudman

I’ve finally finished connecting Marie’s aria about Pierre’s death to her next big number, “I take my life in measurements”.…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Updates Filed under: excerpt, Irene, libretto, Marie, teaser

Composer’s Log: Aug. 28, 2017

2017-08-28 Jessica Rudman

This week I’ve been continuing the same sequence I was working on last time, which transitions from Marie’s memories of…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Updates Filed under: accompaniment, excerpt, Marie, mezzo

Composer’s Log: Aug. 21, 2017

2017-08-21 Jessica Rudman

I am very happy to be back in the swing of things for composing the opera, and this week I’ve…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Updates Filed under: aria, excerpt, Marie, mezzo

Composer’s Log: July 31, 2017

2017-07-31 Jessica Rudman

While last week was a productive one for the opera, this week was…well…not.  Between getting ready for the composition workshop I…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts Filed under: aria, excerpt, Hartford Opera Theater, Pierre

Composer’s Log: July 24, 2017

2017-07-24 Jessica Rudman

It’s been a busy week!  I’ve almost finished a full draft of the sequence between Marie and Pierre, which spans…

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Posted in: Composer's Log, Excerpts, Updates Filed under: excerpt, Marie, Pierre

Libretto teaser: “We are sometime-slaves of our affections”

2017-07-21 kpl

This libretto teaser comes from Marie and Pierre’s duet. The opening two lines draw on a letter written to Marie…

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Posted in: Excerpts Filed under: duet, excerpt, libretto, teaser, text

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