Opera
SKU:
CF.CY1848F
Composed
by Louise Talma. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Carl Fischer
Music #CY1848F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CY1848F).
ISBN
9781491144404. UPC:
680160901906.
With
some trepidation, Talma
wrote her own libretto
for the 1976 chamber
opera Have You Heard? Do
You Know?, a work about
the Cold War and the
desire for utopias (when
the bomb drops, where
would you run to?). For
Talma, who lived a great
part of her life in the
hustle-bustle of
Manhattan, this opera may
have been reflective of
her joy in spending time
at the peaceful woods of
the MacDowell Colony.
While she referred to the
opera as amusing, it may
well have been
autobiographical to a
large extent.
