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The acclaimed opera by Tom Cipullo. Based on the book by Tom Philpott. For four singers (two sopranos, tenor, and baritone) Two Acts (Act 1, 36 minutes, Act 2, 41 minutes) Three different instrumentations available: full orchestra, 16 players, or 9 players.
12 Νοε 2010 · Chelsea Opera presented a spare, affecting production of Tom Cipullo’s “Glory Denied” on Thursday evening at St. Peter’s Church.
New York City’s Chelsea Opera has now mounted Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied for the second time. It’s a fine work that deserves further exposure. As Jim’s ordeal dragged on, his wife Alyce never got confirmation from the Army as to whether he was alive or dead.
Glory Denied - Synopsis Glory Denied has four singing roles. Jim and Alyce Thompson are each played by two singers. Thus, young Alyce presents the character as Jim remembers her from letters written long ago. Older Alyce is the person she has become since his capture.
Tom Cipullo’s 2007 opera, about the longest-held prisoner of war in American history, returns to the company in the New York première of the chamber-sized arrangement for nine instruments.
Glory Denied | mypbo. There are no heroes in the opera, only ordinary people whose lives were inexorably changed forever by war. Cipullo was inspired to create the chamber opera after reading a New York Times review of Tom Philpott’s 2001 book Glory Denied.
When Thompson returned, his long-held vision of Alyce was crushed, and his family’s lives were thrown into turmoil. Based on the oral history by Tom Philpott, the opera Glory Denied tells the true story of Jim and Alyce – their relationship, their choices, their joys, their disillusionment.
