From: LouisFors <LouisFors@aol.com>
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Factiod:

"Emily," a two act opera about ED was staged, in concert form, at the
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California on Feb. 1, 1998.  It
apparently didn't go too well.  Strapped for money, the composer could not use
a full orchestra, substituting a synthesizer. The critic for the Los Angeles
Times, Orange County Edition, mostly expressed doubts but liked certain
touches, for example, an aria "I'm Nobody," sung by the soprano playing ED
"with jazz quirkiness," accompanied by clarient.  (I assume the audience was
the admiring bog.)

If anybody cares, there's more information available about the opera, the
characters portrayed, and other little critical gems.

Louis Forsdale