The Wife (2018)
Libretto by Kamala Sankaram
12-minute chamber opera in one act
Soprano/ accordion/ live electronics
NOTES
A mysterious woman recounts the grisly death of her husband, but not all is as it seems.
MEDIA
HISTORY
First performance:
Experiments in Opera at the Flea Theater
“The Wife has a twist ending I won’t spoil for you here, but I will say that composer Kamala Sankaram has proven in this work that accordions and synthesizers were made for each other.”
“Sankaram built up dense, buzzing textures that blended seamlessly with the accordion that rounded out her forces, rich and earthy as peat bog moss. The central twist worked well in this stripped-down production with minimal costumes.”