The hottest day of the summer. Know it must be. See the sea birds wheeling out to sea, see them catch the breeze we don't feel and turn and turn above the glittering. Pass the water. Pass the salt. See the children running down the path, so small now, down the path toward the glittering, see one fall now. My husband's hand in the sunlight. Know it must be. See the salt white white held out to me, taste the crystal mound in his palm. Feel fingers crush to dust the glittering. Pass the water. Pass the bread. Know a hundred million years from now, here no sea birds, only glittering mounds of salt. See white lights… See strange buildings… Think they were not here before now. Know I am not where I was now. Feel I’m frightened. Where is my husband? Where are the children? There is a storm coming.
Fallout
Opera by Bushra El-Turk (b. 1982)
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Subtitle: Aria for Rosina's Ghost Act 2, final scene
Language: English
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Set by Bushra El-Turk (b. 1982), subtitle: "Aria for Rosina's Ghost Act 2, final scene" [ soprano and piano ], Synopsis: We are coming to the end of Scene II. The young pregnant girl has just been abandoned by her lover and is contemplating various difficult things and feeling disturbed and alone. She hears strange singing, Rosina's Ghost enters. This will then be the end of the scene.Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
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