operas for christmas
ONLY A MIRACLE (50 Min.) G. Schirmer
Cast: Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass
Set: Exterior, Biblical times
Instrumentation: Piano
Herod, desperately searching for the Child, offers a large reward for information regarding His whereabouts. The Landlord who turned Mary and Joseph away from the Inn suspects his slave girl of having given them shelter. He will do anything to collect the reward and she will do everything to protect the Child, who can be saved now only by a miracle.
FATHER OF THE CHILD (75 Min.) G. Schirmer
Cast: 2 Sopranos, Mezzo, 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, 2 Basses
Set: Unit. The birth of Christ.
Instrumentation: Piano.
The Angel Gabriel descends to Earth in human form to protect Mary from Satan. Joseph doubting the Holy Conception, demands a miracle of Gabriel before he will believe. Satan intervenes to sabotage the miracle, but Gabriel sacrifices himself so that it can occur.
Cast: Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass
Set: Exterior, Biblical times
Instrumentation: Piano
Herod, desperately searching for the Child, offers a large reward for information regarding His whereabouts. The Landlord who turned Mary and Joseph away from the Inn suspects his slave girl of having given them shelter. He will do anything to collect the reward and she will do everything to protect the Child, who can be saved now only by a miracle.
FATHER OF THE CHILD (75 Min.) G. Schirmer
Cast: 2 Sopranos, Mezzo, 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, 2 Basses
Set: Unit. The birth of Christ.
Instrumentation: Piano.
The Angel Gabriel descends to Earth in human form to protect Mary from Satan. Joseph doubting the Holy Conception, demands a miracle of Gabriel before he will believe. Satan intervenes to sabotage the miracle, but Gabriel sacrifices himself so that it can occur.