First Glimpse 2022 - Jasmine
Music by Paul Pinto
Lyrics by Jeesun Choi
Jasmine Muhammad, soprano
Ron Robinson, piano
In Jasmine, a woman offers old memories, revelations, and flowers to her childhood friend.
Text:
Do you remember
the flowers
the flowers
we planted
in the field?
Do you remember
the seeds
the seeds
dotting
the palms
of our hands?
To me
they were everything
they were the whole world.
Take a look outside.
Come away
come away
from your dark manor.
See all the flowers
in the fields?
I
I’m here
I’m here to offer
the flowers
the flowers
you left behind.
Video - Chris Comfort
Audio - Craig Slon
Production Assistant - Joel Kalow
Recorded on location at South Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY
Created in Cycle 11 of The American Opera Project’s “Composers & the Voice” Fellowship Training Program
C&V Artistic Director: Steven Osgood
Head of Music: Mila Henry
Head of Drama: Matt Gray
Music Directors: Mila Henry, Kelly Horsted, Ron Robinson
http://aopopera.org/composers-voice
Composers & the Voice is made possible in part by generous multi-year awards from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.