Timothy Lee Miller | composer
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The Bird Lady (2021)
A chamber opera in two acts
An eccentric young woman known as the Bird Lady lives a life of timeless simplicity in a well-tended garden with only her equally eccentric gardener for human company — until a brash young man determined to build his dream home buys the adjoining lot. Sparks fly when the Bird Lady and her new neighbor clash over the felling of a tree planted squarely on the property line.
Libretto by Germaine Shames
Additional Text by Linda Marcus & Julie I. Meyers
Total running time: c. 2 hours 5 minutes
Individual arias from the opera are available for performance. Please click on Art Songs to be redirected.
A Preview Showcase Premiere of Act I was given on October 31, 2021, at Marc A. Scorca Hall, OPERA America's National Opera Center, New York, New York (see video below).
Cast:
ANNABELLE - Soprano (range D4-Bb5)
MARCUS - Tenor (range C3-Bb4)
PERCY - Baritone (range G2-G4)
CHORUS - SATB - three birds and a bee
Instrumentation:
1 - Flute (piccolo, alto flute)
1 - Oboe (English horn)
1 - Clarinet (bass clarinet)
1 - Bassoon
1 - Piano (celesta)
Strings: Violin I & II, Viola, Cello, Bass
