Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia • 1999
Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Jake Heggie
Song
Soprano
World Premiere: May 9, 1999
First Performance: Peggy Kriya-Dye and pianist Jake Heggie
Old First Church, San Francisco
Duration: 12’
Resources
1. The Spring is Arisen; Ophelia’s Song
2. Women have loved before as I love now
3. Not in a silver casket cool with pearls
4. Spring
Composed for Peggy Kriha-Dye