The Waterfall (LIBLAB)

OVERVIEW

Title: The Waterfall (LIBLAB)
Composer: Norbert Palej
Librettist: Maja Ardal
Commissioned By:

Tapestry Opera Composer-Librettist Laboratory

Language: English
Run Time:

Roles:

Role	Voice Type	Range ?	Character Description
Woman	middle-high	A3-Ab5	A woman fleeing pursuers with her husband and baby
Man/Waterfall	middle-low	Ab2-Eb4	The woman's husband
Waterfall	high	C4-Eb5	The voice of a waterfall
Waterfall	middle	E3-Eb4	The voice of a waterfall

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Orchestration: Piano

SYNOPSIS

Content warning: death, infanticide, murder

A rumble of hooves. A family is fleeing, but the baby is slowing them down. The mother is forced to choose between her husband and her child. She chooses the husband and tries to get the baby to sleep before letting it go over a waterfall. At the last minute, the baby awakes, and the mother’s grief mixes with the soothing, beckoning noise of the waterfall.

MUSIC DESCRIPTION

An animated chase scene and tense dialogue, followed by a plaintive chorus in an imaginary folkloric style.

PREMIERE PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Premiere Production:

Tapestry Briefs 2010, September 23-25, 2010at Tapestry Opera's Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto ON

Cast:

Role	Name
Woman	Kimberly Barber
Man/Waterfall	Peter McGillivray
Waterfall	Carla Huhtanen
Waterfall	Keith Klassen

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Premiere Production Team:

Role	Name
Director	Sue Miner
Lighting Designer	Kimberly Purtell
Music Director	James Bourne
Music Director	Dr. Christopher Foley
Stage Manager	Isolde Pleasants-Faulkner
Michael Patrick	Albano LIBLAB Dramaturg
Producer	Susan Worthington
LIBLAB Music Dramaturg	Wayne Strongman
Production Manager	Matthew Byrne

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