Jefferson & Poe is a lyric opera in two acts with music by Damon Ferrante and libretto by Daniel Mark Epstein.
Storyline
The opera takes place at Monticello on a March evening in the early nineteenth century and portrays two love stories: one between an elderly Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings and the other between a young Edgar Allan Poe and the daughter of Jefferson and Hemings.
Awards
The work received its premiere at Theatre Project in Baltimore and at Symphony Space in Manhattan in 2005.
References
Dale Keiger (February 2005). "Changing Their Tune". Johns Hopkins Magazine Elise D'Haene (2 August 2007). "Exploring Opera's New Golden Age". The East Hampton Star
External links Steeplechase Arts & Productions