Deborah Brevoort (Cycle 6 and Adjunct Faculty)
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program Alum and Adjunct Faculty Member Deborah Brevoort (Cycle 6) had the world premiere of her opera THE KNOCK streamed as part of the 2021 Glimmerglass Festival.
The new opera was presented online on November 11, 2021 and featured a libretto by Brevoort and music by collaborator Aleksandra Vrebolov.
A group of military wives, whose husbands are fighting in Fallujah, gather together because of rumors about a possible incident on the war front. As the women await word about what has taken place, a young Army officer drives across the western plains to deliver them the news. A one-act opera for three soloists and a chorus, The Knock takes the audience into the lives of America’s military spouses, a group not yet seen on the opera stage. Commissioned by the Glimmerglass Opera Festival.