Better Than It Sounds
One-act comic anti-opera
Medium: Theater, Vocal/Opera/Choral
Instrumentation
Actor, Soprano, Bass-baritone, and Piano
***In Progress***
Better Than It Sounds is a comic opera about Mark Twain’s abhorrence of opera, showcased through an unashamed and untactful setting of Tom Sawyer in a hammy-Wagnerian style, commented on snarkily by Twain himself.
Libretto by the composer.
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Written as part of the American Opera Projects Composers and the Voice Workshop.