S. (Piano/Vocal Score)
by Ronald Perera
Choir - Sheet Music

Opera in 2 Acts for full or chamber orchestra and mixed voices (FULL VERSION: 2(1.2/Pic) 2(1.2/EH) 2(1.2/Asx, BCl) 2 - 2 2 2 0 - H - P(2) - Sitar(or synth) - Tambura(opt.) - StrCHAMBER VERSION: 2Kybd(Pf, Synth) - 2P - Sitar (opt.) - Tambura (opt.))

SKU: EC.5751

Composed by Ronald Perera. Full Length Opera. 20th Century. Piano/vocal score. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #5751. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.5751).

UPC: 600313457517. Text: C. Congdon, based on J. Updike.

Libretto:
Written by Constance Congdon based on the novel by John Updike

Synopsis:
Opera in 2 Acts (11 Scenes). S. is Sara Worth, a Bostonian matron who jettisons her family and comfortable lifestyle to join the Arizona ashram of a Hindu religious leader, known as the Arhat. In a stream of written and taped communications to her family and friends back east, Sara relates the story of her rise to prominence at the ashram and of her surprising discovery about its founder. This hilarious romp through 1980s American culture takes place in Boston, Boston's North Shore, Arizona, Florida, England, Holland, and on an island in the Bahamas.

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Roles:
Sarah Worth, an upper-class WASP in her mid- forties	Lyric Soprano
Charles Worth, Sarah's Husband, a doctor	Lyric Baritone
Pearl, Sarah and Charles' college-age daughter	Coloratura Soprano
The Arhat, founder of Ashram Arhat, Forrest, AZ	Lyric Tenor
Durga, chief administrator of the ashram	Lyric Soprano
Gillman, Charles' lawyer	Bass-Baritone
Mother, Sarah's mother, a widow retired in Florida	Lyric Mezzo-Soprano
Midge, Sarah's best friend on the North Shore	Soprano
Miles Murrow, a TV talk show host	Sprechstimme role
Swiss Banker	Speaking (French) role
Ducky Bradford, Charles' investment advisor and Dr. Podhoretz, Sarah's dentist	Tenor
Sheriff Yardley, Sheriff of Dorado County, AZ, and Dr. Epstein, Sarah's psychiatrist	Bass
Chorus (minimum 24)	SATB