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Hester Prynne At Death
Libretto by Terry Quinn
Duration:  40 minutes
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Exerpted Arias from Hester Prynne At Death

This chamber opera recounts a fictional last hour in the life of
Hester Prynne, the heroine from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
The Scarlet Letter.

World Premiere Performance
March 8, 2004 8pm
Kauffman Hall, 92nd Street Y
New York City
Soprano: Elizabeth Dabney
Chorus: Members of Asheville Lyric Opera
Instrumentalists: Warren Jones, Jim Baker, Nathan Williams, David Heiss

Instrumentation:
Soprano
SSAATTBB Chorus
Soprano and Tenor soloists
Piano
Percussion
'Cello
Clarinet