"Amelia, a two-act opera in six scenes, with music by Daron Hagen aand base on a story by Stephen Wadsworth, was commissioned by Seattle Opera to premiere May 8, 2010."--T.p. verso
With an intensely personal libretto by American poet Gardner McFall, whose father was a Navy pilot lost in Vietnam, this new opera explores man's fascination with flight and the dilemmas that arise when vehicles of flight are used for exploration, adventure, and war.
Gardner McFall teaches at Hunter College in New York and is the author of two books of poetry and two children's books.
