OVERVIEW
Roles:
| Role | Voice Type | Range ? | Character Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woman | high | D#4-C6 | The man's wife |
| Mountain | middle-high | C#4-Bb5 | Death |
| Man | middle-low | Ab2-Bb4 | A man trapped and encased by an avalanche |
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SYNOPSIS
Content warning: death
Trapped and encased by an avalanche, a man thinks only of his wife and finding a way out. Meanwhile, his wife is filled with suspicion. She thinks he’s having an affair, and his silence is the proof. Between the two, Death sings of the ways it brings about disaster.
Trapped and encased by an avalanche, a man thinks only of his wife and finding a way out. Meanwhile, his wife is filled with suspicion. She thinks he’s having an affair, and his silence is the proof. Between the two, Death sings of the ways it brings about disaster.
MUSIC DESCRIPTION
A slow pulse in the piano grounds this scene as, separately, a man and his wife sing in distress: the man, buried in an avalanche, sings in desperation, his voice reaching into falsetto, while his wife, unaware, worries over increasingly abrupt and panicked phrases that he is having an affair. In a stoic and simple rising melody wedged between both voices, Death repeats relentlessly how it can take many forms.
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PREMIERE PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Cast:
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Woman | Carla Huhtanen |
| Mountain | Kimberly Barber |
| Man | Peter McGillivray |
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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 |
| LIBLAB Dramaturg | Michael Patrick Albano |
| Producer | Susan Worthington |
| LIBLAB Music Dramaturg | Wayne Strongman |
| Production Manager | Matthew Byrne |
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