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I Was Looking At the Ceiling And Then I Saw the Sky
The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Six Characters In Search of an Author
The Stronger
The Strongeropera in one act |
Music by Hugo Weisgall Libretto by Richard Hart after the play by August Strindberg |
| About The Stronger |
Essentially a staged monodrama, The Stronger is an opera with only one singing role, Estelle; the other principal role, Lisa, is silent throughout the show.
| Cast of Characters |
| Estelle, s | Lisa, mute |
| Optional waiters and patrons | |
| Synopsis |
On New Year's Eve, Estelle meets her friend Lisa in a bar while she's finishing her Christmas shopping. She talks about her family, in the process revealing that she knows that Lisa was in love with Harold, the man she married. As Estelle leaves, she decides that she is, after all, the stronger of the two.
| Performance History |
| World premiere Hilltop Musical Company, Baltimore, Maryland August, 1952 (with piano accompaniment) |
Premiere performance, orchestral version Composers Forum, Columbia University, New York, New York January, 1955 Estelle: Adelaide Bishop Siegfried Landau, conductor |
| Discography |
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Last update: January 1, 2009
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