Roman Fever

An Opera in One Act
  • Title Roman Fever
  • Year 2026
  • Instr 2 sopranos, fl, cl, bsn, hn, perc, pno, strings: 1-1-1-1-1 or (4-4-3-3-1 minimum for chamber orchestra version).
  • Duration 45 min
  • Categories Opera
  • Publisher ACA
  • Texts Libretto by Joan Ross Sorkin, based on the short story, Roman Fever, by Edith Wharton

Premiere of excerpts: April 7, 2026, Grace Church, Manhattan, NYC, co-sponsored by The Mount, Lenox, MA. Kerrigan Bigelow and Sofia Scattarreggia, sopranos, Luke Poeppel, music director and pianist.

Piano-vocal score also available