Yona, Sarai, Ruwth: The Complete Libretti to a Chamber Opera Trilogy by Robert Griffin

by Lotta Suter

The libretti to "Yona", "Sarai" and "Ruwth", the trilogy of chamber operas with music by Robert W. Griffin, tell the stories of the well-known biblical figures of Jonah, Sarah and Ruth in a new light This kind of re-imagining of the ancient tales is most alive in the Jewish Midrash tradition. The ambivalence of justice, its vertical and horizontal dimension so to speak, is the main theme of "Yona" and "Sarai". In "Ruwth" the struggle for justice is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889314293
• ISBN13: 9781889314297
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Beinn Ard Publishing
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"