Paranoia: A Psycho-Opera (based on “We Who Are Your Closest Friends,” by Phillip Lopate), for four singers and chamber ensemble. 1998. 8’
Produced by Caterwaul, University of Michigan School of Music, 1998
The Doll’s House (Vincent de Tourdonnet), opera suggested by the story by Katherine Mansfield, for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano. 2000. 4’
Productions:
Tapestry New Opera Works, Toronto, 2000 and 2001
Theatre Non Nobis, at The Factory Studio Theatre, Toronto, as part of Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals, 2002
Talk is Free Theatre, at The Cerridwen Theatre, Barrie, ON, as part of Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals, 2004
Why I Live at the P.O. chamber opera in one act, based on the story by Eudora Welty; libretto by Michael O’Brien and Stephen Eddins (in progress)
Performances:
Workshop performance of Prologue, Scenes 1 & 2, Tapestry New Opera Works and Actors’ Equity, Toronto, 2001
Semi-staged performance of Scenes from “Why I Live at the P.O.” University of Michigan Concert Band, Rodney Dorsey, conductor, with faculty and student soloists at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, 2009
