This album was recorded at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. company, in Marin County, California, between July 6-10, 2022.
Composition History
The opera "Jacqueline" premiered on February 19-23, 2020, at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto, performed by Tapestry Opera with Marnie Breckenridge and Matt Haimovitz.
Composer Biography
Librettist Royce Vavrek, called "one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world" by CBC Radio, was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his opera "Angel's Bone."
Composition History
The opera "Jacqueline" was commissioned by Tapestry Opera for soprano Marnie Breckenridge and cellist Matt Haimovitz.
Compositional Technique
The opera's structure, in four movements, is a nod to Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, a work closely associated with Jacqueline du Pré.
Performer Biography
Cellist Matt Haimovitz, a multi-Grammy-nominated artist, made his debut at age 13 with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Luna Pearl Woolf envisioned an opera with only two performers, one of whom never speaks or sings, inspired by the expressive chemistry of Marnie Breckenridge and Matt Haimovitz.
