Beth Anderson

Fat Opera

Year: 1990

Duration (in minutes): 45

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Category: musical theater

Instruments: any medium voice, drum set, piano

Publisher: available from the composer

Publisher website: www.beand.com



Description: "Anderson's postminimal music can be charming and deeply felt to the point of Romanticism."--The Village Voice 4/23/91. Words by Jo-Ann Krestan. Book by Anderson and Krestan. The story is that three women go to a health spa. One is extremely overweight and very outgoing, one is 40 pounds overweight and depressed, and one is currently slender due to bulemia. The three meet the handsome exercise instructor and he falls for the heaviest woman. It is an exploration of the issue of weight with songs such as: Big Bones Food Food Magical Food Premiered at Greenwich House Music School. Also performed at Caffe e Dolce in Asbury Park, NJ. Directed by George Hansel. Selections performed by Golden Fleece at Theatre 22, New York City.

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