Avner Dorman
Stephanie Fleischmann
From the G. Schirmer Rental Library
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New York, NY
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Avner Dorman
Stephanie Fleischmann
New York, NY Commissioned
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Chamber Opera
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Like rain in spring. Bring - ing life.
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II. INTERLUDE I
Alma & Luc have arrived at a celebration in town, a fiesta. They dance. At some point during the interlude, a CHILD (a little girl, 4) dances at their feet. ALMA watches as LUC picks up the child and spins her around. LUC sets the child gently down. She runs off into the crowd. Everything stops. A beat of silence. A knife in ALMA’s heart.
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III. SEPARATION DUET
Spoken dialogue (after interlude I ends):
ALMA But you must— You do want to have children?
LUC (beaming) Of course I do.
ALMA Then turn around. Walk away from me.
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IV. INTERLUDE II
ALMA, now almost 50, is sitting in a cafe (or some other similar location) when SOPHIE enters. ALMA’s expression visibly shifts. It’s as if she’s falling in love with SOPHIE through LUC's eyes. This is it, she’s the one. ALMA joins SOPHIE. They forge an instant connection.
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V. TRIO
(for live performances of the piece: Time has passed. Alma is almost 50. Previously, we will have seen her presenting Luc with a handful of other women, potential contenders for her role. Luc refuses to look at any of them. And then ALMA meets SOPHIE. They forge an instant connection. ALMA knows she is the one. She brings SOPHIE to a gathering, where she introduces her to Luc.)
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Turn back, dull earth, turn, turn, turn.
Turn back, dull earth, turn, turn, turn.
Turn back, dull earth, turn, turn,
Turn
Turn back, dull earth, turn, turn, turn.
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Turn back, dull earth,
By now, ALMA has removed herself from the gathering, unnoticed. She remains, set apart, a distance from them.
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ALMA slips away, leaving them. together.
Text onscreen: Four years later. (Stage direction: Four years later, she returns. A child runs to greet her.)
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Do you see
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Tambourine