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Libretto and Music by Susan Stoderl
Real-Time Art Installation by Painter, Sarah Elizabeth Olson
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The Characters
Abbess Marie (Soprano)
Illegitimate half sister to King Henry II, author–Marie de France, First Keeper of the Veil, Abbess of
Shaftesbury, sixty-four years old, a resident of the abbey for fifty-two years
Sister Azenora (Mezzo)
Illuminator, confidant of Abbess, Second Keeper of the Veil,
forty-two years old, resident of the abbey for forty-one years
Sister Dympha (Coloratura)
Seer, healer, mentally unstable, Third Keeper of the Veil,
sixty-three years old, resident of the abbey for thirty-nine years
Sister Brigid (Coloratura)
Copyist/scribe, Fourth Keeper of the Veil, thirty-six
years old, resident of the abbey for twelve years
Sister Margarette (Mezzo)
Of Cathar descent, nursing sister, Fifth Keeper of the Veil,
fifty years old, resident of the abbey for twelve years
Deborah (Soprano)
Jew given asylum after the Massacre of York, formerly well-to-do, now reduced to cook,
Sixth Keeper of the Veil, thirty-six years old, resident of the abbey for eight years
Joan Plantagenet (Soprano)
Niece of Abbess, daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Raymond VI
of Toulouse, Seventh Keeper of the Veil, thirty-three years old
Sister Regina (Soprano/Mezzo)
Former mistress of King Henry II, Head of Novices, covetous of the position of Abbess,
fifty-two years old, resident of the abbey for thirty-two years
Lay Sister Sarah
Artist hired by the abbey to paint a mural on the walls of the chapel and scriptorium
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