Born December 28, 1896, Brooklyn, New York Died March 16, 1985, Princeton, New Jersey
About Roger Sessions
Although many musicians and composers consider Roger Sessions to be one of this country's most important composers, his brilliant but sometimes difficult music is not well known by the operagoing public. His opera Montezuma, considered by some his finest work, deserves the increased attention it has received in recent years.
Operas
Lancelot and Elaine Libretto after after Tennyson. composed c. 1910 [unpublished]
The Fall of the House of Usher Libretto by T.S. Eliot after the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. composed c. 1925 [Incomplete]
The Trial of Lucullus, Opera in one act Libretto after the translation by H.R. Hays of the play by Bertolt Brecht. April 18, 1947, Berkeley, California
Montezuma, opera in three acts Libretto by G. A. Borgese. April 19, 1964, Berlin, Germany
The Emperor's New Clothes Libretto by A. Porter. [incomplete]
Other Selected Works
Idyll of Theocritus, monodrama for soprano (1954)
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, cantata (1971)
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