And here's one that would surprise a lot of folks: Gretel's opening song
(Susie, little Susie) from "Hansel and Gretel." The libretto is by
Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette.
Elizabeth Finkler
Sunnyvale, California
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"Sing for your supper, and you'll have breakfast. Songbirds always eat.
(If their song is sweet to hear.)" --Lorenz Hart, "The Boys from Syracuse"
>From: Naomi Gurt Lind <omigurt@m...>
>From: Naomi Gurt Lind <omigurt@m...>
>Nicole seeks a soprano aria with either text or music written by a woman:
>
>In addition to what you've already seen, you might also investigate the
>operas of Libby Larsen, Judith Weir, Ethel Smyth, Poldowski, or Liza
>Lehmann. Meredith Monk has some stage works out there, too -- her work is
>fairly "alternative" so I make no claims about excerptability or notation!
>
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