ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS
Aria for soprano and piano
From the opera Enchantress of Numbers
music by Juhi Bansal, libretto by Neil Aitken
Enchantress of Numbers
Ada:
He says, it should be enough. He says, that I should be satisfied Three children, a home, a man who loves the woman he thinks I am inside.
But this endless march from child to child, from bed to table to bed again, My husband’s voice, his hands, his touch, have grown so dull with time.
And I dream of other things. I long to sink myself again deep in the wild math of stars,
To wonder how a bird flies, and if with steam and fire, I too might take to air.
I dreamed it once, years ago, dreamed I rode in the skies on an iron horse with metal wings.
Tonight, I take what is rightfully mine. unlock with my pen, my mind the dream inside this machine
Tonight, each word that I set on the page, will blaze a fiery trail through the sky, my words will mark a path for those who come. The future awaits my pen, my will, my mind
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(soprano)
He
says it should be e nough - He says that I should be
Piano
Ada
But
this end less - march fromchild to child, from bed
to ta ble - to bed a gain,
Shimmering
Pno. lock with my pen, my mind, the dream in -
Pno. set on the page will blaze a fie ry - trail through the
cresc my words will mark a