My Mother’s Ring

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Title: My Mother’s Ring
Composer: Stephen Andrew Taylor
Librettist: Marcia Johnson
Commissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist Laboratory
Language: English
Producer: Tapestry Opera
Run Time: 12
Roles:

Role	Voice Type	Range ?	Character Description
Julia	high	D4-B5	Paul's mom
Harold	middle-low	B2-F#4	Paul's dad
Doctor	middle-high	Ab3-E5	The doctor
Paul	middle	E3-Bb4	A young man

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Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Cello

SYNOPSIS

Content warning: murder, violence, mental illness The story begins with a distressed Paul being interviewed about his missing parents. It switches to two weeks earlier with Harold and Julia in the airport after sending him off. Julia worries that something is wrong with their son. Harold is sure that he'll be back to his old self after the trip. Is Paul a suspect? Is the interrogator a police officer or a psychiatrist? Who were the people who were in his parents' house when Paul returned from his trip? All is not as it seems.

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Piano Vocal Scores:

My Mother’s Ring – Piano Vocal Score

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Libretto:

My Mother’s Ring – Libretto

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Arias & Excerpts:

My Mother's Ring - "You are my beautiful boy"

Julia remembers the love she felt for her son Paul when he was a baby.

Character	Voice Type	Range ?
Julia	high	E4-B5

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My Mother’s Ring - My Mother's Ring

Paul is being interviewed about his missing parents. Is Paul a suspect? Is the interrogator a police officer or a psychiatrist? Who were the people who were in his parents' house when Paul returned from his trip? All is not as it seems.

Character	Voice Type	Range ?
Julia	high	D4-B5
Paul	middle	E3-Bb4
Doctor	middle-high	Ab3-E5
Harold	middle-low	B2-F#4

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PREMIERE PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Premiere Production: Tapestry Briefs 2007, September 29, 2007 at Tapestry Opera's Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto, ON / Opera 2 Go March 2009, Enwave Theatre, Toronto, ON
Producers: Tapestry Opera
Cast:

Role	Name
Julia	Sally Dibblee
Harold	Peter McGillivray
Doctor	Scott Belluz
Paul	Keith Klassen

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Premiere Production Team:

Role	Name
Director	Liza Balkan
Dramaturge	Michael Patrick Albano
Music Dramaturge	Wayne Strongman
Stage Manager	Jennifer Parr
Music Director	Dr. Christopher Foley
Music Director	Jennifer Tung
Lighting and Sound	Joel Weiss

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