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The Juniper Tree
Composer:Philip Morris Glass
Librettist:Arthur Yorinks
Synopsis
The prologue introduces an unnamed husband and wife called The Father and The Mother who have everything they want in life except children. The wife finally has a son but dies in childbirth. The father remarries and has a daughter. The stepmother is consumed by jealousy of her predecessor and kills the son, cooking him as a stew that she then feeds to her husband. The daughter, tricked by the evil stepmother into thinking she killed her half-brother, buries the bones around a juniper tree where the boy's soul enters a bird spawned by the tree. The bird flies to Three Craftsmen who reward its singing with a gold chain, red shoes, and a millstone. Returning, the bird gives the chain to the father, the shoes to the daughter, and drops the stone on the stepmother. The son magically returns to life and the family lives happily ever after.

Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Opera OrlandoThe Juniper Tree5/10/2024 - 5/11/2024
Wolf Trap Opera CompanyThe Juniper Tree8/11/2017 - 8/19/2017


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Opera for the Eighties and Beyond 1989
Opera for the Eighties and Beyond 1986
Opera for the Eighties and Beyond 1985
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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
1:30

 Number of Acts
2

 Musical Style
Minimalism; lyrical vocal lines.

 Original Cast
Lynn Torgove (soprano)
Ruby Hinds (mezzo-soprano)
Sanford Sylvan
Jayne West
Janet Brown
David Stoneman
Thomas Derrah
William Cotton


 
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