An Embarrassing Position
An Embarrassing Position is a short play written in 1895[1] by American author Kate Chopin,[2] which was adapted as a comic opera in 2010 by American composer Dan Shore.
The play
[edit | edit source]Chopin wrote An Embarrassing Position while living in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] She submitted it to the New York Herald drama competition, but did not win.[3] It appeared in the St. Louis Mirror on December 19, 1895.[4] Later, interest in her work grew, and in 1970 the play was published as part of Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories by the Library of America.[5]
The play has been studied as an example of early American literature; for example, it is included in Yvonne Collioud Sisko's book Looking at Literature: 12 Short Stories, a Play, and a Novel.
The opera
[edit | edit source]After Dan Shore rewrote Chopin's play as a comic opera, An Embarrassing Position was first produced by the New England Conservatory in 2010,[6] and went on to win a Big Easy Entertainment Award[7][8] and the National Opera Association's Chamber Opera Competition.[9] The opera has been praised for its lyricism[10] and its evocation of turn-of-the-century New Orleans.[11]
The opera was favorably reviewed in The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate in New Orleans.[12] and Gambit magazine.[13]
References
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- ^ Zell, Martin Allen. "Stray Leaves: Portrait of the Artist with Two Heads" Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. NOLA Book and Literary News
- ^ The Morning Call (March 5, 2011). "Allentown Native Wins Big Easy Award". Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ^ "Classical Arts Awards". Gambit: the Best of New Orleans.
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- ^ "Theater year in review: N.O. audiences had much to applaud in banner season". New Orleans Times-Picayune.
- ^ Coviello, Will. "Review: Blue Monday and An Embarrassing Position ". Gambit: The Best of New Orleans.
External links
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