The Cat's Aria
Aria for dramatic soprano (PDF Download)
Three Amputators is an opera-in-progress after the story “The Three Army Surgeons” by the Brothers Grimm. The opera tells of three travelling doctors who seek lodging for a night, offering the establishment’s innkeeper a demonstration of their unbelievable skills: they can cut out parts of their own bodies only to reattach them later with the aid of a proprietary salve. After one removes a hand, another their heart, and the third their eyeballs, an enigmatic Cat appears on the scene. Helpless to control her appetite, she gorges herself on the flesh and throws the course of the story into disarray. This is a contemporary interpretation of one of the Grimm’s most eccentric, gruesome tales, fitting right into any comic or horror-themed programming. The character of the insatiable Cat is inspired by our national hero, Fran Lebowitz.
The aria premiered in Norway. If you are performing it in any other country, you can claim a national premiere! Timely for anyone programming with the “childless cat ladies” Election 2024 discourse in mind. Full score and parts can also be made available upon request for performances with orchestra.
INSTRUMENTATION: Piano/Vocal
DURATION: 4:30
PAGES: 11
WORLD PREMIERE: Oslo Chamber Music Festival, 2023
Aria for dramatic soprano (PDF Download)
Three Amputators is an opera-in-progress after the story “The Three Army Surgeons” by the Brothers Grimm. The opera tells of three travelling doctors who seek lodging for a night, offering the establishment’s innkeeper a demonstration of their unbelievable skills: they can cut out parts of their own bodies only to reattach them later with the aid of a proprietary salve. After one removes a hand, another their heart, and the third their eyeballs, an enigmatic Cat appears on the scene. Helpless to control her appetite, she gorges herself on the flesh and throws the course of the story into disarray. This is a contemporary interpretation of one of the Grimm’s most eccentric, gruesome tales, fitting right into any comic or horror-themed programming. The character of the insatiable Cat is inspired by our national hero, Fran Lebowitz.
The aria premiered in Norway. If you are performing it in any other country, you can claim a national premiere! Timely for anyone programming with the “childless cat ladies” Election 2024 discourse in mind. Full score and parts can also be made available upon request for performances with orchestra.
INSTRUMENTATION: Piano/Vocal
DURATION: 4:30
PAGES: 11
WORLD PREMIERE: Oslo Chamber Music Festival, 2023
Aria for dramatic soprano (PDF Download)
Three Amputators is an opera-in-progress after the story “The Three Army Surgeons” by the Brothers Grimm. The opera tells of three travelling doctors who seek lodging for a night, offering the establishment’s innkeeper a demonstration of their unbelievable skills: they can cut out parts of their own bodies only to reattach them later with the aid of a proprietary salve. After one removes a hand, another their heart, and the third their eyeballs, an enigmatic Cat appears on the scene. Helpless to control her appetite, she gorges herself on the flesh and throws the course of the story into disarray. This is a contemporary interpretation of one of the Grimm’s most eccentric, gruesome tales, fitting right into any comic or horror-themed programming. The character of the insatiable Cat is inspired by our national hero, Fran Lebowitz.
The aria premiered in Norway. If you are performing it in any other country, you can claim a national premiere! Timely for anyone programming with the “childless cat ladies” Election 2024 discourse in mind. Full score and parts can also be made available upon request for performances with orchestra.
INSTRUMENTATION: Piano/Vocal
DURATION: 4:30
PAGES: 11
WORLD PREMIERE: Oslo Chamber Music Festival, 2023