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A WOMAN WRITING HERSELF INTO OPERA HISTORY SCOTTISH COMPOSER THEA MUSGRAVE HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIC FOR 50 YEARS
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Thea Musgrave was still in her 20s when she composed her first
opera, "The Abbot of Drimock," in 1955. Almost 50 years later, the
Boston Musica Viva is preparing the world premiere of her ninth: "The
Mocking-Bird," a chamber opera that it will present Friday night at 8
in the Tsai Performance Center.
At 73, Musgrave is hard at work on her 10th, an evening-length
work commissioned for the New Orleans Opera to commemorate the 200th
anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.
Few living...
