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Gene Scheer, the Glossary

Gene Scheer (born April 28, 1958) is an American songwriter, librettist and lyricist.^[1]

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Alexander String Quartet

The Alexander String Quartet is a string quartet based in San Francisco.

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An American Tragedy (opera)

An American Tragedy is an opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker, with a libretto by Gene Scheer.

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August 4, 1964

August 4, 1964 is an oratorio for mezzo-soprano, soprano, tenor, baritone, choir, and orchestra written by the American composer Steven Stucky with a libretto by Gene Scheer.

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Auschwitz concentration camp (also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust.

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Émile Zola

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also,; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.

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Ben Heppner

Thomas Bernard Heppner (born January 14, 1956) is a renowned Canadian tenor and broadcaster, now retired from singing, who specialized in opera and other classical works for voice.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Camille Claudel

Camille Rosalie Claudel (8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble.

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Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Chicago Symphony Chorus

The Chicago Symphony Chorus began on September 22, 1957, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announced that Margaret Hillis would organize and train a symphony chorus.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Cold Mountain (novel)

Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

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Cold Mountain (opera)

Cold Mountain is an American opera in two acts and an epilogue, with music by Jennifer Higdon and the libretto by Gene Scheer, based on Charles Frazier's 1997 novel of the same name.

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Colorado Symphony

The Colorado Symphony is an American symphony orchestra located in Denver, Colorado.

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Dallas Museum of Art

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St.

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Dallas Opera

The Dallas Opera is an American opera company located in Dallas, Texas.

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Dallas, Texas.

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Denyce Graves

Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.

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Diana Soviero

Diana Soviero (born March 19, 1946, in Jersey City) is an American operatic soprano of international stature, a recipient of the Richard Tucker Award in 1979.

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Dolora Zajick

Dolora Zajick (born 24 March 1952) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who specializes in the Verdian repertoire.

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Eastman School of Music

The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States.

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Frederica von Stade

Frederica von Stade (born 1 June 1945) is a semi-retired American classical singer.

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George Tabori

George Tabori (György Tábori; 24 May 1914 – 23 July 2007) was a Hungarian writer and theatre director.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Gulf of Tonkin

The Gulf of Tonkin is a gulf at the northwestern portion of the South China Sea, located off the coasts of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and South China.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an American opera company located in Houston, Texas.

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Isabel Bayrakdarian

Isabel Bayrakdarian (Իզապէլ Պայրագտարեան; born February 1, 1974) is a Lebanese-born Canadian operatic soprano of Armenian descent who now resides and works in the United States.

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Jaap van Zweden

Jaap van Zweden (born 12 December 1960) is a Dutch conductor and violinist.

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Jake Heggie

Jake Heggie (born March 31, 1961)Slonimsky, Nicholas; Kuhn, Laura; ed.

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Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.

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Jennifer Larmore

Jennifer Larmore (born June 21, 1958) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, particularly noted for her performances in coloratura and bel canto roles which she has performed in the world's major opera houses.

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Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist.

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Ken Burns

Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle American history and culture.

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Krystyna Żywulska

Krystyna Żywulska, actually Zofia (Sonia) Landau (born September 1, 1914, in Łódź; died August 1, 1992, in Düsseldorf), was a Polish writer, columnist, songwriter and graphic designer of Jewish origin.

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Larry King Live

Larry King Live was an American television talk show broadcast by CNN from June 3, 1985 to December 16, 2010.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

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Moby-Dick (opera)

Moby-Dick is an American opera in two acts, with music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Gene Scheer, adapted from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick.

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Music of Remembrance

Music of Remembrance is a non-profit classical chamber music organization based in Seattle whose purpose is to find and perform music composed by victims of the Holocaust, irrespective of their background, as well as to perform related newly commissioned works.

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Nathan Gunn

Nathan T. Gunn (born November 26, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is an American operatic baritone who performs regularly around the world.

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Norah Jones

Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.

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Opéra de Montréal

LOpéra de Montréal is an opera company in Montreal, Canada.

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Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia is an American opera company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Patricia Racette

Patricia Lynn Racette (born in 1965) is an American operatic soprano.

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Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress.

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Patti LuPone

Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater.

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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (PBO) is an American orchestra based in San Francisco.

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Playbill

Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers.

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Renée Fleming

Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. Gene Scheer and Renée Fleming are Eastman School of Music alumni and Musicians from New York City.

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Rotary International

Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world.

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Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a historic opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.

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San Diego Opera

The San Diego Opera Association (SDO) is a professional opera company located in the city of San Diego, California.

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Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Save America's Treasures

Save America's Treasures is a United States federal government initiative to preserve and protect historic buildings, arts, and published works.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Stephanie Blythe

Stephanie Blythe (born 1970) is an American mezzo-soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since the early 1990s.

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Stephen Costello

Stephen John Costello (born September 29, 1981 in Philadelphia) is an American operatic tenor and a recipient of the 2009 Richard Tucker Award.

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Steven Stucky

Steven Edward Stucky (November 7, 1949 − February 14, 2016) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.

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Susan Graham

Susan Graham (born July 23, 1960) is an American mezzo-soprano.

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Sylvia McNair

Sylvia McNair (born June 23, 1956) is an American opera singer and classical recitalist who has also achieved notable success in the Broadway and cabaret genres.

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Take 6

Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Terrence McNally

Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Gene Scheer and Terrence McNally are American opera librettists.

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Thérèse Raquin (opera)

Thérèse Raquin is an American opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker to a libretto by Gene Scheer based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show, often referred to as The Oprah Show or simply Oprah, is an American daytime syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, from Chicago, Illinois.

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The War (miniseries)

The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States.

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Theater an der Wien

The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district.

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school.

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Three Decembers

Three Decembers is a chamber opera in two acts by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Gene Scheer which is based on the unpublished play Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally.

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Tobias Picker

Tobias Picker (born July 18, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and conductor, noted for his orchestral works Old and Lost Rivers, Keys To The City, and The Encantadas, as well as his operas Emmeline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, An American Tragedy and Lili Elbe, among many other works.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Scheer

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