Once Upon a Bedtime (2016)
A companion piece to Thomas Pasatieri's The Goose Girl, this piece, intended for a young audience, provides a framing story for the opera. The new piece is for dancers or pantomime, and includes the singers and instruments used in Pasatieri's opera. The new piece tells the story of a child or children getting ready for bed. A parent then reads a bedtime story to them, which is The Goose Girl.
Original text by Shannon Berry
Duration: 20:00
Instrumentation: fl, cl, pno, vla, vcl, plus seven singers: (G4-C6, Eb4-A5, C#4-D5, G3-A4, D3-D4, C3-Eb4, G2-C4)
Setting: A child's bedroom
Original text by Shannon Berry
Duration: 20:00
Instrumentation: fl, cl, pno, vla, vcl, plus seven singers: (G4-C6, Eb4-A5, C#4-D5, G3-A4, D3-D4, C3-Eb4, G2-C4)
Setting: A child's bedroom