Author Description

The opera "Ruth" is attractive to those interested in engaging in a remarkable story about a woman that demonstrates undaunted courage, unbending faith, unconditional love of family and the strength of will to fight against the huge political forces of WWII. Audiences and cast members, alike, are emotionally moved by their identification with Ruth's strength of character, human vulnerabilities and finally with her husband's willingness to forgive her infidelity. The opera paints human faces of common people upon the atrocities of political turmoil – a portrait of people who, hidden in the dark shadows of war, are inevitably squeezed by its unrelenting vice.The music is powerfully dramatic and intensely romantic. Violent harmonic dissonance, angular melodic material and insistent rhythms express the intensity of the external and internal conflicts inherent in the story.