''Freshwater'' is a two-act

chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...

composed by

Andy Vores Andy Vores (born 1956) is a Welsh classical music and opera composer. He has lived in the United States since 1986 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Education Vores studied composition at Lancaster University in Lancaster, England. He in ...

, based on the 1935 comic play by

Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born i ...

. Vores received assistance in creating the opera from Quentin Bell, Woolf's nephew and executor, who provided a rarely seen earlier version of the text that served as the inspiration for several passages of the libretto.“If You’re Writing a First Opera, Why Be Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Boston Globe, November 27, 1994 (fee required for access)
/ref> ''Freshwater'' was commissioned by the

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

Opera Institute and had its world premiere on December 2, 1994 at the Huntington Theatre in Boston.

References

External links

Andy Vores web site
English-language operas 1994 operas Operas by Andy Vores Operas {{english-opera-stub