Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902: O Patria Mia (2018)

Poem by Tyehimba Jess, from Olio
Commissioned by American Opera Projects for the Chautauqua Opera Company
Part of the Composer-in-Residence program at the 2018 Chautauqua Opera

Poem by Tyehimba Jess Music by George Lam Kayla White, soprano Jeremy Gill, piano Recorded live at the National Opera Center, March, 2019 Video courtesy of Opera America and the Chautauqua Opera Company

George_Lam · Sissieretta Jones, 1902: Carnegie Hall, "O Patria Mia" (2018)

Team

Soprano and Piano.

Preface

Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902: O Patria Mia (2018) is a song for soprano and piano, on a poem by Tyehimba Jess. This work was commissioned by American Opera Projects for the Chautauqua Opera Company as part of the 2018 Chautauqua Opera Composer-in-Residence program.

Heard

• June 28, 2018: Chautauqua Institution, with Kayla White (soprano) and Emily Jarrell-Urbanek (piano); world premiere.

• February 18, 2019: Minetta Lane Theater, as part of the Olio Live Audible.com event, with Kayla White (soprano) and Jeremy Gill (piano).

• March 14, 2019: National Opera Center (video above) as part of the OPERA America Emerging Artist Recitals series, with Kayla White (soprano) and Jeremy Gill (piano).

• July 4, 2021: Calliope’s Call’s I, Too, Sing America concert series, as one of the winners of its 2021 Call for Scores competition; with MaKayla M. McDonald (soprano) and Julia Scott Carey (piano).

Photo by Sara Noble