The Spring is Arisen; Ophelia's Song

Song TitleThe Spring is Arisen; Ophelia's Song (Search)
Composer(s):Jake Heggie
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Jake Heggie
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Air; Allusion: Hamlet; Arising; Blossoms; Chalices; Cold; Composer is Poet; Dear; Dreams; Fields; Filling; Flowery; Gold; Green; Hills; Honey; Longing; Ophelia; Pining; Prisoners; Sadness; Seasons; Sipping; Songs; Speaker: Ophelia; Spring; Tasting; Thick; Water; Wine
First LineThe hills are green, my dear one, (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1999 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/ophelias-song/
Larger WorkSongs and Sonnets to Ophelia (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HndpkMlNcOg
Catalog DesignationNo. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Premiered ByPeggy Kriha-Dye (Search)
NotesPremiered May 9, 1999, Old First Church, San Francisco; Peggy Kriha-Dye, soprano; Jake Heggie, piano (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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