A chorus whose lyrics are characterized by the superfluous use of the word "chain" is one example of the many absurd elements in this work, which begins with the prelude "To know to know to love her so" before the seven tableaus of Act I begin.
A chorus whose lyrics are characterized by the superfluous use of the word "chain" is one example of the many absurd elements in this work, which begins with the prelude "To know to know to love her so" before the seven tableaus of Act I begin. Frederick Ashton choreographed the premiere of this opera, which contains the characters Settlement and Chavez in addition to its principal roles of Ignatius, based on James Joyce, and Teresa of Avila, whom the librettist based on herself. FTP, name this Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson collaboration, an opera that actually has four acts.
A chorus whose lyrics are characterized by the superfluous use of the word "chain" is one example of the many absurd elements in this work, which begins with the prelude "To know to know to love her so" before the seven tableaus of Act I begin.
{Four Saints in Three Acts}