A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams
July 24th , 7:30pm – 8:00pm
Song Cycle with libretto by Terry Quinn and music by Gary S. Fagin featuring soprano, Elizabeth Dabney, and baritone Thomas Meglioranza.
“A Distant Love: Songs of John and Abigail Adams”, with libretto by Terry Quinn and music by Gary S. Fagin, celebrates one of the most consequential and influential couples of the Colonial period during a time when our America’s fortunes hung in precarious balance.
This song cycle for soprano, baritone and string quartet covers the 11-year period when, except for intermittent visits home, John was abroad raising money for the American Revolution and Abigail was tending the Adams homestead.
“A Distant Love” renders the flavor of this extraordinary couple’s time apart, based on the extensive correspondence of these two “dearest friends” — their passions, hopes, doubts and anxieties; their complexities and half-hidden emotions; their most intimate thoughts.
Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.