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Sweets by Kate

English

Synopsis

A darkly comic chamber opera set in 1950s rural America. When Elizabeth Brigmann’s father dies suddenly, she decides to return to the small town that had shunned her for coming out as gay twelve years earlier. She arrives with her partner, Kate, and together they must navigate the townspeople's lingering disapproval, the precarious state of the family's candy shop business, and Elizabeth’s family's quite literal deal with the Devil, who appears in the form of a man named Carl

Composer

Griffin Candey

Lyricist / Librettist / Playwright

Thom K. Miller

Year of composition/publication / premiere

2016

Genre

Opera

LGBTQAI+ category

Lesbian

Level of centrality

Main character

Characters

Elizabeth Brigmann, Kate

Voice type

Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano

Pronouns

she/her

Publisher / Rights holder

Just a Theory Press

Where to buy / access the work

The score is available for purchase as a physical or digital copy through Just a Theory Press

Performance rights

For performance rights, please contact the composer and/or publisher to ensure legal compliance.