The vocalists included Susan Swaney, Sonja Rasmussen, and Ray Fellman of the Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington. A cat with many names from many incarnations narrates the story. We met Sandy in 1963 at the age of 16 on her day of confirmation. We learn that prayer is a kaleidoscope. It is outcries of frustration, the small voice of a child, Job's anguish, words repeated together that were written long ago, and one person's silence in one precious moment.
Prayer is also question, doubt, sorrow, laughter, dance, old, new, yes, and no.
We met the feisty and strong-willed Olympia in 1863 at the age of 55 somewhere on a campaign for women's suffrage in the Dakotas and Wisconsin. She is accompanied by Susan B. Anthony, with whom she bickers constantly. The cat draws the conclusion that Olympia loved Susan with all her might but bickered with her because they were too much alike. Even just a taste achieved the goals of lifting up the voices of women and making opera reachable to all of us. There have been 587 accesses to this page since June 23, 2000.