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Death, both of us dead
Composer:Shelley Washington
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Death, both of us dead is an exploration of intense obsession, as well as the nuances of attraction, desire, and fetishistic eroticism found in opera. The piece is a surrealist retelling of the true-life story of Nell Theobald — a young actress and model who spent almost two decades stalking and sending nightly flowers and cards to the opera legend Birgit Nilsson. Spanning the years 1966 to 1977, the work is set entirely within Nell Theobald’s motel room, with nightmarish-like intrusions and radical scene shifts that reflect her progressively fractured and manic mental obsessions and leave lingering enigmatic questions about the nature of attraction and desire. “Stalking” and “Obsession” are subject to a lot of generalizations and hyperbole in modern culture. Through this surrealist opera, Shelley Washington will honor Theobald’s actual life and explore the painful psychology and mental illness that propelled her harrowing life story, which ends in Theobald’s gut-wrenching death.

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Opera Grants for Women Composers: Commissioning Grants2022
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