Mira Spektor (1928-2021)
Housewives' Cantata
Year: 1975
Duration (in minutes): Housewives'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: 20 songs. Lyrics: June Siegel. Feminist musical - Original Cast Records CD and Cable TV. Heard in NYC, Long Island, St. Paul and Minneapolis. Produced Off- Broadway by Cheryl Crawford, After Dinner Opera Company for Women's History Month with Richard Woitach, Metropolitan Opera Conductor January 1997. Songs at 30th Anniversary Celebration of NOW. "A sprightly slong fest" - The New York Times. "A feminist musical...light and frothy on the outside with a stinging bite inside" - South Shore Record "The music ranges from rags to romantic" St. Paul Pioneer Press