Bronte Opera World Premiere

03/26/2022

The daughter of St. Luke’s Associate Priest, Willa van Kuiken at age 1 1/2 years made her opera debut as the child comforted by Nelly’s lullaby in the opening scene of the Wuthering Heights chamber opera on March 12, 2022!

03/05/2022

Heathcliff (James Splond) reproaches Cathy!

03/01/2022

Please use the following link to locate information about the opera premiere, on 3/12/2022: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QPzR_W86fYs75ucWVnAL9UfW6Uqr4qCv/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117170843091641637450&rtpof=true&sd=true

02/13/2022

Cathy and Heathcliff reconcile in the Love Scene, but only to hold each other one last time (with wonderful singing).

Photo credits: Meg Rich

02/09/2022

Last Saturday, we held our first in-person rehearsal since December.

Photo credits: Alicia Brozovich.

02/09/2022

Soprano Alicia Brozovich as Catherine Linton sings her Farewell Lament, with Stuart Rich on violin and Ted McClure on cello.

02/09/2022

Our opera flautist Ava Fong renders the soulful accompaniment to the soprano recitative by Catherine Linton (Alicia Brozovich) in the Mad Scene.

02/01/2022

Our opera violinist and my best friend Stuart on that fateful morning, camping near Montauk, when he convinced me to go ahead and write Bronte operas!

01/27/2022

The young Cathy (Abby Merk) wrestles with her new commitment to Edgar and the feelings that remain for Heathcliff.

“My love for Edgar is like the…like the foliage on the trees.

But for Heathcliff…But for Heathcliff!

Like the eternal rocks beneath.

I cannot live without him.

He’s more myself than I am.

I am Heathcliff!”

01/27/2022

Ted McClure, our opera’s cellist, performing an excerpt from his favorite music, the Bach cello suites.

01/22/2022

The closing lament: "Far in the night", sung by Nelly the housekeeper (Megan Thomas)

01/15/2022