Healing

a chamber opera in eight (8) scenes, based on a libretto by Chris Willerton
for five soloists and piano (or 8-piece chamber ensemble)

by Sally Reid, composer, ASCAP

• Scene 1- "The Unjust Judge"
• Scene 2- "I Will Soar"
• Scene 3- "In My Time"
• Scene 4- "I Have Seen"
• Scene 5- "Life is Not Yours to Give"
• Scene 6- "I Will Arise"
• Scene 7- "Everything"
• Scene 8- "All Who Suffer"
  

Synopsis of Chamber Opera, Healing

• Characters
• Summary of Scenes
• Libretto

Program Notes:

The chamber opera, Healing, is based on a libretto by Chris Willerton. Setting: A large hospital in Syracuse, NY, in November 1910. Dr. Alison James, a surgeon in her late thirties, battles bureaucracy, male prejudice, death and suffering in a personal struggle to find meaning and purpose.

l. to r. Chris Willerton, Sally Reid, Charles Nelson (as Skye)

• Healing publicity photos

Selected Performance History:

• March 22, 1996 - Premiére performance of "Everything" (mezzo aria from chamber opera Healing) during Fourth Festival of Women Composers International at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA..
• March 6, 1993 - Premiére performance of ""I Have Seen," a bass aria from the in progress chamber opera, Healing, by Charles Nelson on the Abilene Composer's Concert at Hardin-Simmons University. A performance of the bass aria ""I Will Arise" was also presented on the same concert.
• October 2, 1986 - Performance of I Will Arise by Charles Nelson during a Recital of Original Works by Sally Reid at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX.
• September, 1986 - Premiére performance of I Will Arise (piano reduction) by Charles Nelson, basso.

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Healing