Four Saints in Three Acts
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Four Saints in Three ActsFour Saints in Three Acts is an opera by American composer Virgil Thomson with a libretto by Gertrude Stein. Written in 1927-8, it contains about twenty saints, and is in at least four acts. It was ground breaking for form, content, and its... In this article: Four Saints in Three Acts, Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein, Ignatius of Loyola, Eva Jessye, Avila, Cellophane, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and Florine Stettheimer |
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Four Saints in Three Acts is an opera by American composer Virgil Thomson with a libretto by Gertrude Stein. Written in 1927-8, it contains about twenty saints, and is in at least four acts.
The subject was agreed on at Thomson's suggestion and the libretto as delivered can be read in Stein's collected works. The opera focuses on two sixteenth century Spanish saints—the former mercenary Ignatius of Loyola and the mystic Teresa of Avila—as well as their colleagues, real and imagined: St. Plan, St. Settlement, St Plot, St. Chavez etc. Thomson decided to divide St. Teresa's role between two singers, "St. Teresa I" and "St. Teresa II", and added the master and mistress of ceremonies (Compère and Commere- literally, the "godparents") to sing Stein's stage directions.
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