"I Recall.." (or a day of a Mom) is a 25 min "lyric-less" opera to connect the whole world with the universal language of imagination. Singers are suppose to project ideas and meanings with their colors of voices and body expressions. It's an experience to help us focus and listen to the intentions and to appreciate wonders of human voices.

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Characters:

Mom: Soprano/Mezzo Soprano with a good range and good coloratura

Dad: Tenor

Daughter/Lover: Soprano

Toddler: Bass

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Scores available: (All scores require final note checks before becoming available. PV score takes a week. SCO takes 2 weeks. Orchestra takes 1 month)

 Piano-Vocal

 A small chamber orchestra (piano, violin I and II, viola, cello, and a double bass)

 Orchestra

  1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 French horn

  1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 tuba

  Harp, Piano, Taiko, Drum Kit

  Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Bass

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Length:

 20 - 30 min including scene changes

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Brief Story:

 A dancer gave up her performing career to become a mom with two kids. Her parents own a dance studio that she visits daily but she doesn't want to participate anymore after long pause of her career. One day, she leaves the house w/o her cellphone. When she realizes it and goes home to pick it up, she accidentally finds out her husband's affair. She kicks the two out. She feels totally defeated and questions herself for the meaning of life. At the darkest time, the spirit of an old portrait of hers comes out to show her how she can still love through her passion, dance. She feels hopeful again. Later, her kids are brought home. The mom struggles to tell her kids anything. Kids decide to work together and put their mom to bed. While everyone's in bed, mom goes through twists and turns and falls asleep eventually.

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Overture

Morning Blues

Dance Studio (dancers, no singing)

Ice Cream (expressively notated breaths with no actual singing)

The Act

The Confrontation

No Work, Mom's Monologue

The Lullaby (La ____ Mort)

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*Alternative Ending available

As many have expressed the uneasy feelings after watching the original ending hinting the end of a life, I revised the story and let the mom simply fall asleep until the end of the opera which uses the melody from the beginning of the opera expressing another day.