"Raimondin's Reverie"

From the opera, "The Legend if the Fairy Melusine" by RI-Bsed composer, Steven Lee Jobe. In the "Reverie," Raimondin has gone hunting for the Boar which got away at the beginning of the opera narrative, setting events in motion. He muses on the state of his marriage, which has special considerations based on promises that Melusine extracted from him when they first met. To wit, that she would have complete privacy on Saturdays, and would be unseen by Raimondin that day and night of the week. For Raimondin, more than three years into the marriage, "this Saturday bargain" has become an all too obvious metaphor for the mystery of Melusine -- who she is, her origins, and her real nature. Yet he loves her. He would not break his vows, but the mystery and secrecy make him restless, at once exalted and in despair. He sees the Boar as he finishes his aria...

The piece is scored for tenor accompanied by violin, cello, pipe organ, orchestral harp, vibraphone.

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