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A ‘Hitchcock-style thriller’ for baritone and soprano, Nigredo Hotel is “the story of a neurosurgeon, a man of science, who has lost his soul. One night he thinks he has hit a child on the road and hides out in a decrepit, Hitchcockian motel run by a monstrous concierge called Sophie. The terrifying crone — his anima — locks him into his room an...

Composer: Nic Gotham

Librettist: Ann-Marie MacDonald

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Excerpts

Nigredo Hotel – “Until I was a child…” (aria)

Ray, a jaded neurosurgeon, muses on the loss of his childhood wonder and innocence.

Nigredo Hotel – “If it was a man” (aria)

Alone in his hotel room, Ray worries that he hit someone with his car on the road. After fearing it might have been a child, he convinces himself it was only a raccoon.

Nigredo Hotel – “I hate water” (aria)

As Sophie runs a bath in the distance, Ray reflects on how uncomfortable bathing makes him feel.

Nigredo Hotel – “When I was small” (aria)

Ray sings of the ambivalence his parents felt towards him as a child.

Nigredo Hotel – “The square root…” (aria)

Ray frantically tries to calm himself by reciting scientific jargon, while a being claiming to be his own child self tries to open the door.

Nigredo Hotel – “Wisdom Aria” Option 1

Sophie, the manifestation of Ray's soul sings an extended aria explaining how she has been locked away from Ray since he was a child.

Nigredo Hotel – “Wisdom Aria” Option 2

Sophie, the manifestation of Ray's soul sings an extended aria explaining how she has been locked away from Ray since he was a child.