To a Lost Child — Levi’s aria from Uncovered — Scene 7: Secrets

2020 | tenor/piano OR tenor/clarinet/violin/cello/piano

Libretto by Leah Lax (b.1956), based on her memoir Uncovered: How I left hasidic life and finally came home.

After Leah aborts their child, Levi imagines it was a boy. He imagines taking him to synagogue and teaching his son his first prayers, and grieves.

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This aria is included in Mark Ross Clark’s Guide to the Aria Repertoire, Volume II.

Scores

To A Lost Child — Levi’s aria from Scene 7 of Uncovered — Instrumental Parts for Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano To A Lost Child — Levi’s aria from Scene 7 of Uncovered — Conductor Score for Tenor, Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano To A Lost Child — Levi’s aria from Scene 7 of Uncovered — Solo Edition for Tenor and Piano (priced for 2 copies)

November 24, 2022

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