"I Have Seen"

from the opera, Healing
for bass/baritone and piano (or 8-piece ensemble)
by Sally Reid, composer, ASCAP


Program Notes:

This aria is taken from the opera, Healing, based on a libretto by Chris Willerton. The time is 1910. Suffering from heart disease, John Skye nears the end of a robust life which ranged from the Montana frontier to Walll Street. He sings of his rich past in "I Have Seen."

Selected Performance History:

• March 6, 1993 - Premiere performance of I Have Seen, a bass aria from the chamber opera, Healing, performed by basso 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.

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updated 10/01/98
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I Have Seen, from the chamber opera Healing