Non Sequitur Music Publishing: Faye's Aria ("I knew coming back here was a mistake") from the opera <I>A Brief History of Root Vegetables</I>

("I knew coming back here was a mistake")
from the opera A Brief History of Root Vegetables

Hear Faye's Aria as performed in the opera version by Brandy Santee and Jacob Valadez, with the UTSA Orchestra, Eugene Dowdy, conductor

Composer/Librettist: David Heuser
Instrumentation:soprano, piano (Note: the pianist sings or a baritone is also needed)
Year Composed: 2011
Duration: 5 minutes
Pages, piano score: 9
Cost: $3.00

Program Note:
A Brief History of Root Vegetables was premiered in March 2010 by the University of Texas at San Antonio Lyric Theatre. Faye's Aria is sung with the help of Faye's clinging ex-husband Talbot Blagh. The text is below.

Faye’s Aria

Shhh….keep it down.
You’re turning the pages too loudly.

I knew coming back here was a mistake.
It’s the same old sssstuff.
Well, I’ve had enough
of this family, of this house, of this week,
especially my brother, the little control freak.

Oh, he’s so perfect,
with his perfect little life,
with his perfect little wife,
and a career,
and those kids, his perfectly annoying little flock.
I’m older than him –
why don’t I have any chips from my block?

TALBOT: You have Travis, our son.

FAYE: Oh right, Travis. Where is he, anyway?

TALBOT: Well, I’m not sure…

FAYE: That’s not the point.

The point is everywhere I go here they eye me,
“The goes Faye, the divorcee,
the big failure of the family.”
Well, I’m not gonna take it lying down.
I can turn my life around.
I can improve. I don’t need anybody.
I can do it on my own.

TALBOT: You have me.

FAYE: Great.
It’s not too late. I’m not too old.

TALBOT: You’re only forty-eight.

FAYE: I’m forty-nine, you moron.
You’ve got brains like mold.

(spoken) Oh, what’s the use?

I knew coming back here was a mistake.
The only good thing to be said
is that my mother, the witch, is finally dead,
may she rest in vermouth, deeply stewed,
while I suffer through life with this insufferable brood.

(spoken) Oh, just get me another drink.

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Faye's Aria

("I knew coming back here was a mistake") from the opera A Brief History of Root Vegetables

("I knew coming back here was a mistake")
from the opera A Brief History of Root Vegetables