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Gene Scheer. Gene Scheer (born April 28, 1958) is an American songwriter, librettist and lyricist. He is the brother of Samuel Scheer, who is an English teacher at Windsor High School and a part-time musician.
Moby-Dick is an American opera in two acts, with music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Gene Scheer, adapted from Herman Melville 's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. The opera received its premiere at Dallas Opera in Dallas, Texas, on 30 April 2010. [1] Heggie dedicated the opera to Stephen Sondheim. [2]
Mason Bates’ music and Gene Scheer's libretto combine in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” — co-produced by the Met and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. It comes to IU ...
Cold Mountain. (opera) Cold Mountain is an American opera in two acts and an epilogue, with music by Jennifer Higdon and the libretto by Gene Scheer, based on Charles Frazier 's 1997 novel of the same name. The opera is a co-commission between Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia and the Minnesota Opera, in collaboration with North Carolina Opera.
Libretto by Gene Scheer: An opera in two acts: Based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville. Commissioned by Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, Calgary Opera, San Diego Opera and the State Opera of South Australia. Opera: 2012: Another Sunrise: Libretto by Gene Scheer: Dramatic scene for soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, bass, and piano
An American Tragedy is an opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker, with a libretto by Gene Scheer. This was Picker's fourth opera, written four years after the debut of Thérèse Raquin (also composed with Scheer). Based on the 1925 Theodore Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy, the opera was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, and ...
Dallas Opera. Thérèse Raquin is an American opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker to a libretto by Gene Scheer based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola. It is Picker's third opera, following Emmeline (1996) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (1998). It was commissioned by the Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, and the Opéra de Montréal.
Quoting from the song "American Anthem," written by Gene Scheer and recorded by Norah Jones, he concluded, "America, I gave my best to you." There was no doubt his audience in the arena and the ...