Scene from Phaedra’s Love (2015/16)

for soprano & piano (with speaker)

Made possible in part by a generous multi-year award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Scene from Phaedra was initially developed in American Opera Project's Composers & the Voice fellowship program.

First performance: January 24, 2016; Jennifer Cooper-Goode, soprano; Tookah Sapper, soprano (speaking); Mila Henry, piano; American Opera Projects; Brooklyn, New York

Roles: Phaedra, soprano (G#3-B5); Strophe, soprano (version premiered is spoken, currently sung)

Orchestration: currently piano; in development

Duration: 14'

Availability - in development

Text: by Sarah Kane from Phaedra’s Love