The Scarlet Libretto: Text for Lori Laitman's Opera, the Scarlet Letter

by Lori Laitman and David Mason

Words for Lori Laitman's opera, The Scarlet LetterBased on the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne Award-winning poet and librettist David Mason, author of Ludlow and other books, has given new life in verse to Hawthorne's classic novel. By distilling the book's narrative line and adding a charged lyricism of his own, Mason has created another magnificent work in his ongoing poetic portrait of America. In old Boston, a young woman, Hester Prynne,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597091707
• ISBN13: 9781597091701
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"