Downwind (2025) a Chamber Opera in One Act.
Commissioned by the Butler Opera Center
Douglass Kinney Frost, Principle Conductor.
Instrumentation
Enrique, Tenor Ofelia, Soprano Teresa, Soprano Eduardo, Bass
Flute (doubling Piccolo and Alto Flute) Oboe (doubling English Horn) Bb Clarinet (doubling Bass Clarinet) Bassoon (doubling Contrabassoon) French Horn Percussion Electronics Piano (doubling Melodica) Violin I Violin II Viola Violincello Double Bass SATB Chorus
Duration: ca. 4:00
Text
Dormi, Jesu. Mater ridet
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt.
Dormi, Jesu, blandule.
Si non dormis, mater plorat.
Inter fila cantans orat,
Blande, veni, somnule.
Translation
Sleep, Jesus. Thy mother smiles
when she sees such gentle slumber.
Sleep, Jesus, gently.
If you do not sleep, your mother cries.
And, singing, prays as she weaves:
"Come, gentle sleep."