Name: Skyfire: Scene 3. "Ah! I am no different from him!
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Description: An opera in one act composed in 2010, scene 3.

Skyfire: Scene 3. "Ah! I am no different from him!

from Skyfire: An Opera in One Act and Other Student Works by Heidi Fivash

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An opera in one act composed in 2010, scene 3.

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SCENE 3

EMBER: Ah! I am no different from him!
I venture out into the cold,
Flirting with, even welcoming, my demise,
Leaving those who love me with no word,
No idea of my whereabouts, or well-being!
How could I have been so thoughtless?
I must go home!

This whole excursion has been a mistake!
I should never have come!
I came filled with anger and fear, but also hope.
Intoxicated by love, and the promise of magic from another world.
Now I leave with a heavy heart and dark thoughts.
My legs are sluggish.
Perhaps I can rest here…

No! I must move on, they’re waiting for me.
How could I not have thought of this before?
Selfish, self-involved.
The cold grows more and more oppressive.
Muffling my thoughts, constricting my movements.
Insulating me here in my solitude,
A solitude much more complete than before,
Before I knew…

But I mustn’t think of that now.
I must go home, to the warmth and love of family!
Love! But how am I supposed to trust love when it abandoned me?
Perhaps it never existed.

Is my vision clouded or is that just snow,
Obscuring my surroundings?
Maybe it is better this way, ending here.
This frozen grave will hold my body
Until the thaw of spring,
Spring, ah spring.
I can feel its warmth, the sun, caressing my skin, peaceful.
The smell of the grass, the Trilliums of the forest in full bloom,
Full bloom.

Such beauty here, magical, sublime, in this life.

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from Skyfire: An Opera in One Act and Other Student Works, released April 25, 2010
Heidi Fivash, libretto
Danny Hansen, conductor
Deanna Wilson, soprano
Erin Dodge, Jillian Churchill and Eve Smason-Marcus, SAA
Gena Campbell, flute
Audrey Miller, clarinet
John Platter and Maximo Mendizabal, percussion
Philip Pintor and Mary Mahoney, violins
Kyle Purnell, viola
Miriam Koh, cello
Kyle Grimm, bass
Tristan Carruthers, stage manager
Michael Nutting, rehearsal accompanist

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Heidi Fivash Seattle, Washington

Heidi creates music in many forms. She studied music composition at Western Washington University where she earned several awards and scholarships for piano and composition, including being named the Presser Scholar, the highest honor for music majors. She currently works as a piano teacher and a piano tuner serving the greater Seattle area. ... more

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