A Long Trip (Opera)
Based on the play of the same name, an elderly man attempts to make one last connection to his wife before losing her completely to dementia. With music by Jordan Kuspa.
GENRE: Drama
TIMING: 15 minutes
CHARACTERS: 2M, 2F
THE WOMAN, OLDER
ALTO. She is 60+ years old, suffering from dementia.
THE MAN, OLDER
BARITONE. Her husband. He is 60+ years old.
THE WOMAN, YOUNGER
SOPRANO. She is the same woman, but in her late teens or early 20s.
THE MAN, YOUNGER
TENOR. He is the same man, but in his late teens or early 20s.
THE WOMAN, OLDER
No, I'd know those eyes anywhere.
That sweet face. That gentle mouth.
Come to me. Let me hold you.
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Boston Opera Collaborative Greg Smucker, Director The Man, Younger Christopher Remkus The Woman, Younger Natalie Vatcher The Woman, Older Heather Gallagher The Man, Older David Small Photography by Dan Busler All images presented here are protected by copyright.
Boston Opera Collaborative Greg Smucker, Director The Woman, Older Heather Gallagher The Man, Older David Small Photography by Dan Busler All images presented here are protected by copyright.
Boston Opera Collaborative Greg Smucker, Director The Man, Younger Christopher Remkus The Woman, Younger Natalie Vatcher Photography by Dan Busler All images presented here are protected by copyright.
Boston Opera Collaborative Greg Smucker, Director The Man, Younger Christopher Remkus The Woman, Younger Natalie Vatcher The Woman, Older Heather Gallagher The Man, Older David Small Photography by Dan Busler All images presented here are protected by copyright.
“A Long Trip was based on a play by Dan McGeehan... in which a man tries to bring his Alzheimers-afflicted wife to remember their courtship and first kiss many years before, as a way to bring her back. Their younger selves are conjured up, and a powerful quartet of contending voices urges the need to grasp the moment or recall and revive it.” —Sandpiper
“A Long Trip managed to combine the most lucid realism with the most fervent faith. A more profound, riveting, and wrenching quarter of an hour cannot be imagined. Real verismo opera this.”—The Boston Musical Intelligencer