Gail Godwin

Libretti

Gail Godwin and Robert Starer
Gail Godwin with composer Robert Starer

The Last Lover, chamber opera, 1975, premiered at Caramoor Festival, published by M.C.A. Music.

Abraham Remembers, for baritone and keyboard, 2000, commissioned by St. Gregory's, Woodstock, NY.

The Woodstock CycleMagdalen at the Tomb, for mezzo, baritone, and keyboard, 1999, published by Paraclete Press of Orleans, MA.  Recorded on "The Woodstock Cycle," available through CDBaby.

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The Other Voice, A Portrait of Hilda of Whitby in Words and Music, mezzo, soprano, baritone, tenor, and keyboard, 1998, published by Selah, Kingston, N.Y. 

Gregory the Great, a Vespers Pageant, 1997, commissioned by St. Gregory's Church, Woodstock, N.Y.  "Miracles," for chorus SATB, Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA.

Letter to a Composer, 1996, soprano and chamber orchestra, recorded by Danielle Woerner for Parnassus Records.

Remembering Felix, for narrator, cello, and piano, 1987, recorded by Robert J. Lurtsema for Albany Records, Troy No. 151; published by M.M.B. Music. St. Louis, Mo.

Apollonia, a full length opera, 1978, commissioned by the Minnesota Opera Company.  Full score available from Gail Godwin or Robert Starer.

Journals of a Songmaker, voices and orchestra, 1976, commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts for William Steinberg's farewell concert as Music Director for the Pittsburgh Symphony, available from M.C.A. Music.

Robert StarerAnna Margarita's Will, for soprano and instruments, 1976, recorded under a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters on C.R.I.  No. 612.

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