This is the Rill Speaking

This is the rill speaking (as it is on the program) is a one act opera by Lee Hoiby with a libretto by Mark Shulgasser based on work of Lanford Wilson presented in June at St. Peter's Church, Manhattan.  I am just a wee bit behind in my posting.  Operas in churches do not have the best sight lines and often not the best sound, but they do have intimacy, a cast of young and eager singers and an audience willing to try the unusual.  rill was written not as an opera, but close--Wilson wanted to just get the sound of people without thinking about how to stage it which is a very "musical" way to write prose.  There is a plot of sorts--family issues, growing up, but it is more of structure than a story.  It has a little of the feel of Our Town if you are old enough to remember that.

A satisfying evening.