SALT
Libretto by the composer, after a Russian folktale collected by Alexandr Afanas’yev (1826-71)
A saga for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, violin, ‘cello and piano
(2020)
See also SALT (opera version), designed as a double-bill with JUMP INTO MY SACK (1996)
28'
Salt was commissioned in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Emmanuel Music by the Harvard Musical Association.
First performance: 9 April 2021
Sarah Moyer, Krista River, Charles Blandy, Will Prapestis
Emmanuel Music c. Ryan Turner
A ne’er do well younger sister outsmarts her brothers, persuades he father to give her a boat, and makes a fortune discovering salt. She abducts a bride, who is in turn stolen by her brothers, and she makes a bargain with a giant to restore her fortunes.
Read a version of the folktale HERE, this is different in some major respects to my retelling, but the outline is the same
Emmanuel Music: live premiere of SALT
