Libretto by Deborah Brevoort; Music by Michael Ching.
A wealthy businessman and his trophy wife are unfulfilled in their marriage. They both search internet dating sites for extra-marital partners and, upon finding suitable matches, make dates to meet. But their romantic liaisons don’t go as planned; in the end, both the husband and wife are caught cheating. The underlying problem in their marriage is revealed, leading them to an understanding.
Dinner 4 3 is a 10-minute opera inspired by Boccaccio’s The Decameron (Day 5, Story 10). Produced during the Covid-19 pandemic as part of an opera web series titled “Tales from a Safe Distance” by Fargo Moorhead Opera and the Decameron Opera Coalition. For more info, visit: decameronoperacoalition.org