Lesson Plan Piano/Vocal Score

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CAST: Soprano and contralto

INSTRUMENTATION: Piano/Vocal (complete instrumentation is Bassoon, piano/harpsichord, 2 violins, bass)

DURATION: 45 minutes

PAGES: 90

WORLD PREMIERE: On Site Opera virtual production Winter 2022; live version premiered Summer 2022

Based on Georg Philip Telemann’s Der Schulmeister with additional music, libretto, and singing translation by Rachel J. Peters, Lesson Plan brings an internationally celebrated operatic contralto into the world of online teaching while her headlining stage engagements are put on hold. Thought to be teaching trained singers at a prestigious conservatory, she catches her assistant in a scheduling faux pas and instead takes the stage for a community college with the same acronym – a group with little singing experience or interest in what the great diva had in mind. Intercepted by an overwhelmed school administrator with a side hustle as an amateur choir director, the pair clash over teaching technique, singing and the true meaning of art.

This opera was originally conceived for virtual performance on Zoom and then rewritten for live performance. This piano/vocal score reflects the live performance version.

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