In 2013, E. M. Lewis was invited into American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program in New York, where she learned to write opera libretti from their distinguished faculty. \u00a0She has also written lyrics for several songs that appear in her plays.<\/p>\n
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Fallen Giant<\/strong> (music by Evan Meier, libretto by E. M. Lewis) \u00a0A 90-minute opera for eight singers and a mid-sized orchestra, for family audiences, commissioned by American Lyric Theater. \u00a0A delightful musical mystery for the whole family to enjoy! \u00a0A boy named Jack is accused of a terrible crime — killing Blunderbore, the Giant. \u00a0Sherlock Holmes takes the case, with the help of his stalwart friend Dr. Watson.<\/p>\n Town Hall<\/strong> (music by Theo Popov, libretto by E. M. Lewis) \u00a0 An hour-long opera for ten singers and a small orchestra, commissioned by the Maryland Opera Studio. \u00a0Produced by the Maryland Opera Studio at University of Maryland, and at Willamette University. \u00a0Somewhere in America, a senator returns to his small town to hold a town hall. \u00a0But he isn’t prepared for a member of the community to challenge his stance on health care. \u00a0Torn from the headlines, Town Hall presents the real human side of this political argument.<\/p>\n The Resurrection Engine<\/strong> (music by Evan Meier, libretto by E. M. Lewis) \u00a0A 30-minute chamber opera for piano and three singers (tenor, baritone, bass baritone). \u00a0In this gothic Victorian horror story, two brothers battle over questions of science and religion as a young woman\u2019s life\u00a0hangs in the balance. \u00a0Why should we lose what we have the power to keep?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2013, E. M. Lewis was invited into American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program in New York, where she learned to write opera libretti from their distinguished faculty. \u00a0She has also written lyrics for several songs that appear in her plays. Operas Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Fallen Giant (music by Evan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}