Deborah Mason
Soprano solo from "The Rape of the Lock"
Year: 2016
Duration (in minutes): 8.5 minutes
Difficulty: High (professional)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Instruments: soprano
Publisher: Deborah Mason
Video Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyQMauHuWTI
Score PDF: Eloisa.pdf
Description: Pope's poem, "Eloisa to Abelard" was famous in its day, depicting a well-known tragic love story. Eloisa, violently separated from her husband by her disapproving family has become a nun, but receives a letter from him and is tormented by both love, desire and religious anguish.