NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE CONCERT
SOME FAVORED NOOK
March 3, 2 PM at First Unitarian Church Providence
A new chamber opera from Providence-based composer Eric Nathan featuring renowned soloists Jessica Rivera (Soprano), Andrew Garland (Baritone), and Molly Morkoski (Piano)
“Moving… momentous… captivatingly rich… breathtaking… stunning…a work that deserves to be heard again and again.” —TheaterJones
Based on the incredible 24-year correspondence between poet Emily Dickinson and essayist, abolitionist, women’s rights advocate, and Colonel of the first black regiment in the Civil War, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Some Favored Nook places Dickinson’s writings in the context of the Civil War and focuses on her private struggle as a female poet in a patriarchal society.
Jessica Rivera, Andrew Garland, Molly Morkoski. Photos courtesy of the artists.
Resonant with themes of love, death, women’s rights and civil rights – issues that are as relevant in today’s deeply divided world as they were in Dickinson’s time, the concert pairs Nathan’s original composition and libretto by Mark Campbell with works by 19th Century composer Amy Beach (1867-1944), Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland’s Dickinson songs.
Made possible, in part, with the support of the Marshall Woods Lectureship Foundation of Fine Arts. Presented as part of FirstWorks Frontier Series.