OVERVIEW
Title: Perfect Night
Composer: Jana Skarecky
Librettist: Nick Carpenter
Commissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist Laboratory
Language: English
Producer: Tapestry Opera
Roles:
| Role | Voice Type | Range ? | Character Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man | middle | E3-A4 | Partner to woman |
| Woman | middle-high | A3-G5 | Partner to man |
SYNOPSIS
MUSIC DESCRIPTION
SCORES FOR PURCHASE
Piano Vocal Scores:
Libretto:
Arias & Excerpts:
A middle-aged couple's romantic night: the Man, reading poetry to the Woman, is distracted by the need to hunt down a mosquito in the room.
| Character | Voice Type | Range ? |
|---|---|---|
| Man | middle | E3-A4 |
| Woman | middle-high | A3-G5 |
PREMIERE PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Premiere Production: Tapestry Briefs 2011, September 23-24, 2011 at Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space, Toronto ON
Producers: Tapestry Opera
Cast:
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Mosquito | Xin Wang |
| Woman | Krisztina Szabó |
| Man | Keith Klassen |
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Director | Sue Miner |
| Lighting Designer | Kimberly Purtell |
| Stage Manager | Isolde Pleasants-Faulkner |
| Production Assistant | Ann Bisch |
| Music Dramaturg | Wayne Strongman |
| Repetiteur | Dr. Christopher Foley |
| Repetiteur | Jennifer Tung |
CREATION
QUOTATIONS FROM CREATIVE TEAM
Perfect Night was written during LIBLAB 2011. My composer, Jana Skarecky, really wanted to work on something playful and light, and I was all for it! On a shelf in my billet’s house stood a volume of poems by Irving Layton. It all began from there, eventually turning into a piece about the ultimate futility of any quest for perfection.
- Nick Carpenter
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