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A short comic opera

Based on Third Day, Third Story

by Giovanni Boccaccio

Libretto by Mark Campbell

Characters:

The Friar……………………bass-baritone

Flaminia……………………..mezzo-soprano/soprano

Vincenzo…………………….tenor

Synopsis:

The Good Friar is adapted from one of the more irreverent tales in The Decameron by Boccaccio. In a series of six confessions a beautiful but married lady in the town, named, Flaminia, manipulates her confessor, The Friar, into arranging (unbeknownst to himself) a tryst between Flaminia and a certain younger gentleman, named, Vincenzo, for whom she has developed a considerable attraction.

The Set:

A confession box. Later, the balcony of a small villa.

Duration: 20 minutes

*Instrumentation under consideration

Woodwind quartet

 (Fl, Oboe, Cl. in B♭, Bassoon)

Organ

String quintet

*Attention, Opera Companies! Commission this instrumentation and produce the world premiere of this hilarious opera with full score!!

The Good Friar was commissioned by soprano, Emily Langford Johson, especially to be  premiered at her Weill Recital Hall concert as First Place winner of The Center for Contemporary Opera International Competition.