The Spring is Arisen; Ophelia's Song
Song Title | The Spring is Arisen; Ophelia's Song (Search) |
Composer(s): | Jake Heggie |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Jake Heggie |
Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (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 Line | The hills are green, my dear one, (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1999 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/ophelias-song/ |
Larger Work | Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HndpkMlNcOg |
Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Premiered By | Peggy Kriha-Dye (Search) |
Notes | Premiered May 9, 1999, Old First Church, San Francisco; Peggy Kriha-Dye, soprano; Jake Heggie, piano (Search) |
Contributor | GTM (Search) |