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solo voices, piano
3 Sop, 2 Msop, 3 Ten, Baritone
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The Mask in the Mirror—a chamber opera in three acts by Richard Thompson—depicts the courtship and failed marriage between the famed African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) and novelist Alice Ruth Moore (1875–1935).
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Navona Records
Text Language - Non English
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duo or ensemble+ keyboard
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Music by BIPOC composers
opera dramatic
African American experience
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$122.00 piano-vocal score
ACA-THRO-004
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$122.00 piano-vocal score
ACA-THRO-004
Singers
Paul Laurence Dunbar - Tenor
Alice Ruth Moore - Soprano
William Dean Howells/Bishop Derrick - Baritone
Victoria/Female Witness -Soprano
Patsy/Woman in Bar - Mezzo-soprano
Sarah - Soprano
Ms. Lyons/Mathilde - Mezzo-soprano
Sales Representative from Dodd and Mead/Male Witness - Tenor
Drinking Buddy - Tenor