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Steal a Pencil for Me (opera recording)

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Steal a Pencil for Me (opera recording)

Music by Gerald Cohen
Libretto by Deborah Brevoort
Artist: Opera Colorado, Ari Pelto (conductor)
Sono Luminus label
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Steal a Pencil for Me

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Steal a Pencil for Me

Love Letters from Camp

By Jaap Polak and Ina Soep Deborah wrote the libretto to the full-length opera based on this book, with music by Gerald Cohen.
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About Deborah Brevoort

Deborah Brevoort is a playwright and librettist from Alaska who now lives in the New York area. She is an alumna of New Dramatists, one of the original company members of Alaska’s Perseverance Theatre, a member of the playwright’s collective at Florida Studio Theatre and a co-founder of Theatre Without Borders, dedicated to international theatre exchange. In 2024 she was appointed as a Fulbright Specialist for theatre, musical theatre and opera for the US State Department.

After participating in American Lyric Theater’s Composer/Librettist Development Program (ALT CLDP) Deborah has turned most of her attention to writing opera librettos. She was awarded the prestigious Campbell Opera Librettist Prize by Opera America in 2023. She also served as the Librettist Mentor for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative at the Kennedy Center for 2023/24. She will be a librettist mentor for the ALT CLDP in 2024/25 and a delegate to the World Opera Forum in Los Angeles for Opera America.

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