Dog Days, An Opera in Three Acts, vocal/piano score

ISMN: 979-0-051-09804-0

Based on a short story by Judy Budnitz, Dog Days is a contemporary opera that investigates the psychology of a working class American family against a not-so-distant-future wartime scenario. It asks: is it madness, delusion, or human/animal instinct that guides us through severely trying times? Where exactly is the line between animal and human? At what point must we give in to our animal instincts merely to survive?

CONTENIDO:

ACT I: Summer Scene 1: Dinner
Scene 2: Friends
Scene 3: Parents
Scene 4: Brothers
Scene 5: Letter ACT II: Fall Scene 1: Naming
Scene 2: Alea
Scene 3: Mirror
Scene 4: Rubicon ACT III: Winter Scene 1: Odds
Scene 2: Endgame Epilogue: The Three Ravens