Opera
SKU:
HL.14015279
Composed
by Simon Holt. Music
Sales America. Opera or
Operetta. Part. Composed
2003. 180 pages. Chester
Music #CH61418. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14015279).
ISBN
9780711995796.
This
new Opera was first
performed in 1998 in
Huddersfield by Opera
North. Designed for the
modern stage, it utilises
only a small cast and
orchestra - albeit one
with a good variety of
percussion! The libretto
is adapted by the
composer from the play
'The Love of Don
Pemperlin for Belisa in
the Garden' by Feredico
Garcia Lorca, translated
into English by David
Johnston. The plot
revolves around the
ill-fated marriage of Don
Pemperlin, an ageing
bachelor and his
beautiful neighbour
Belisa, which was
suggested by Pemperlin's
maid. Tricks and
misunderstandings abound
and because of them,
Pemperlin ends by
stabbing himself and
dying even as Belisa
proclaims her love for
him.