From "Nightingale: The Last Days of James Forrestal"
Act Two, Scene 3 & Interlude 2
Music by Evan Hause
Libretto by Gary Heidt
Performed June 2, 2002 in NYC
Directed by Phillipe Bodin
Conducted by Evan Hause
ACT I, SCENE 1 (beginning)
May 21, 1949
Forrestal's room. Bethesda Naval Hospital - 16th floor
SYNOPSIS
Forrestal (Salvatore Basile) is stirring at dawn. Pauline Davis (Vielka Kelly) visits again. Is it a dream? Raines (David Gordon) informs the medic Prise (Mark Peters) that he is leaving Forrestal for a few days. That night, Prise is replaced with a burly and menacing New Guard. Forrestal begins to scribble out verses from Sophocles' "Ajax" late in the night.
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Audio engineer: Daniel Gaydos
Cameramen: Orin Buck & Yuji Takamatsu
Video editing: Evan Hause
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This opera is a work of fiction based on true events and people.
© by Evan Hause
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