Sarrasine, Scene 3, “Our love is like a diamonded chalice…”
2022
Performance forces:
c.ten, bar — pno
Length:
Languages:
English
Notes:
Based on a Balzac novella. A Cassanova type artist accidentally falls in love with a castrato mistaking them for a woman. This opera explores idea of gender identity, attraction and cognitive dissonance. This scene is when he falls in love with the castrato.