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The Garden of Martyrs
''The Garden of Martyrs'' is an opera in three acts by the American composer Eric Sawyer with libretto by Harley Erdman. It is based on the novel by Michael C. White.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.michaelcwhite.com/books.html )〕 The opera is drawn from an historical event, covering the last days of Dominic Daley and James Halligan, Irish Catholic immigrants who were tried and executed in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1806 for the murder of Marcus Lyon.
The opera has a modern resonance of the story’s theme of “immigration to America and the difficulty and suspicion with which newcomers are greeted.”
The Garden of Martyrs musically dramatizes the last five days of the men’s lives. The protagonist is Father Jean Cheverus, a French immigrant priest who travels from Boston to Northampton to comfort the meneven though he believes them guilty. Cheverus’ journey of transformation is the heart of the opera.
== Performance history ==
The world premieres of the fully staged opera occurred on September 20 and September 22 of 2013 in Northampton, Massachusetts. The venue was the Academy of Music Theatre, an 800-seat opera house built in 1892. Both performances were sold-out. The performances featured the Springfield Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kevin Rhodes. Principal performers included William Hite as Father Cheverus, Alan Schneider as Dominic Daley, Keith Phares as James Halligan, Amy Johnson as Finola Daley and Vernon Hartman as Attorney General James Sullivan. According to music critic Clifton Noble Jr., “The audience was on its feet almost before the curtain could be raised for the curtain calls, raining down ‘bravoes’ on Sunday afternoon’s sold-out performance of the new opera.”
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