The Scarecrow (opera)

The Scarecrow, an opera, premiered at the University of Texas at Austin in February-March 2006. The music was written by Joseph Turrin and libretto by Bernard Stambler. The opera is based on Percy MacKaye's play, which was in turn based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's last short story, “Feathertop.”

The Scarecrow was commissioned by a consortium of twelve universities: Eastman School of Music, Hartt School of Music, Yale University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of North Texas, Baylor University, University of Oklahoma, Arizona State, University of New Mexico, Michigan State, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Performance history

The world premiere was performed at the McCullough Theatre, University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center on February 24, 26 and March 3, 2006. The recording can be purchased from the following link: http://www.music.utexas.edu/longhornmusic/Catalog/Details.aspx?ID=126 . A second staging was presented by the Lyric Opera Theatre at Arizona State University on November 17-18 and December 1-2, 2006....
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