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Excerpt from Act 2, Scene 2
At Verloc’s house, Winnie is preparing dinner when Chief Inspector Heat unexpectedly turns up. He asks if her husband is at home, and when she insists he is out, Heat describes the Observatory explosion and tells her that a label has been found, one sewn into an overcoat. She hesitates and then realizes it is her brother’s. At that moment, Verloc returns, having withdrawn all of their money from the bank. He gives it to Winnie, and suddenly realizes Heat is in the room. Overcome with confusion, Verloc confesses, and blames the idiot Stevie for having bungled the bombing. Heat is strangely sympathetic, and urges Verloc—since everyone thinks he has been killed--to disappear. Heat then leaves, and Winnie turns to confront her husband, and accuses him of having killed her beloved brother. Verloc is trying feebly to explain when Winnie suddenly grabs a knife from the table and stabs her husband.
Chief Inspector Heat: Jason Papowitz
Winnie Verloc: Amy Burton
Adolf Verloc: Scott Bearden
World premiere, March 18, 2011 Danny and Sylvia Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, New York City
Center for Contemporary Opera
James E. Schaeffer, General Director; Eric Salzman, Artistic Director; Richard Marshall, Founder
Conductor: Sara Jobin
Director: Sam Helfrich
Set Design: Laura Jellinek
Costumes: Melissa Schlachtmeyer
Lighting Design, Production Manager: Eric Southern
Score publishing: composers.com
Excerpt from Act 2, Scene 2
At Verloc’s house, Winnie is preparing dinner when Chief Inspector Heat unexpectedly turns up. He asks if her husband is at home, and when she insists he is out, Heat describes the Observatory explosion and tells her that a label has been found, one sewn into an overcoat. She hesitates and then realizes it is her brother’s. At that moment, Verloc returns, having withdrawn all of their money from the bank. He gives it to Winnie, and suddenly realizes Heat is in the room. Overcome with confusion, Verloc confesses, and blames the idiot Stevie for having bungled the bombing. Heat is strangely sympathetic, and urges Verloc—since everyone thinks he has been killed--to disappear. Heat then leaves, and Winnie turns to confront her husband, and accuses him of having killed her beloved brother. Verloc is trying feebly to explain when Winnie suddenly grabs a knife from the table and stabs her husband.
Chief Inspector Heat: Jason Papowitz
Winnie Verloc: Amy Burton
Adolf Verloc: Scott Bearden
World premiere, March 18, 2011 Danny and Sylvia Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, New York City
Center for Contemporary Opera
James E. Schaeffer, General Director; Eric Salzman, Artistic Director; Richard Marshall, Founder
Conductor: Sara Jobin
Director: Sam Helfrich
Set Design: Laura Jellinek
Costumes: Melissa Schlachtmeyer
Lighting Design, Production Manager: Eric Southern
Score publishing: composers.com
