Enchantress of Numbers (aria for soprano and piano)

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ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS

Aria for soprano and piano From the opera Enchantress of Numbers

music by Juhi Bansal, libretto by Neil Aitken


Enchantress of Numbers Ada: He says, it should be enough. He says, that I should be satisfied. Three children, a home, a man who loves the woman he thinks I am inside. But this endless march from child to child, from bed to table to bed again, My husband’s voice, his hands, his touch, have grown so dull with time. And I dream of other things. I long to sink myself again deep in the wild math of stars, To wonder how a bird flies, and if with steam and fire, I too might take to air. I dreamed it once, years ago, dreamed I rode in the skies on an iron horse with metal wings. Tonight, I take what is rightfully mine. unlock with my pen, my mind the dream inside this machine. Tonight, each word that I set on the page, will blaze a fiery trail through the sky, my words will mark a path for those who come. The future awaits my pen, my will, my mind.

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3

Somber q = 66 - 75

Ada (soprano)

   

Espressivo p

        He says

Resigned, heavy

                     pppp            (follow voice)

Piano

Ada

 

   

Pno.



 

3

He says that I should be

     

 

  



  

3 3 3 3                         

sa - tis fied.

   



       

7 rit., freely

3



5

it should be e - nough.

 

3

3

Three chil - dren, a

  

a man who loves the wo - man he







     

  

  

  

  

home,

 

   

 

mp



12

Ada

f

     10

Freely

thinks pp subito

Pno.

a tempo

3             

I 3

3

             ppp subito

am in - side.

    



   pppp 



          

            


4 Freely

14

Ada

f 3 3 3            

   mp              But this end - less march fromchild to child,

Pno.

    



18

Ada

    



    3       3    ppp subito

 a tempo  

                       



 

   

voice his hands, his touch have grown so dull with time

 







 

  

 

 

   

    

        3

 

    

slow, follow voice

pppp

24

poco a poco accel.

Pno.

f

p

22

Ada

        

19

my hus band's

     

 3 3 3                            slow, freely

p subito

Pno.

 

Moving ahead

pp



 

bed to ta - ble to bed a gain,

       





from



3

  

     

 

mf


Soaring, hopeful

26

Ada

 

q = 104 - 116

          3

And

I

3

3

  3     30



          3

      

31

3



of oth - er things,

   

Ada

Pno.

  

math

mp

3

3

 37     pp

                         3

        3

deep in the wild

3

          

pp

3          3

3

3

ppp

3

3

3



stars,



3

   

 

3



       

3

35

of

 

3

to sink a - gain,

poco rit. 34

3

 

3

3

    



long

3



 

3

       3

                  3



    

I

  

3

3

3



3

    



5

dream

3

pp

Pno.

 

f

3

Ada

mp

Shimmering ppp

Pno.

p

3

3

     3

pp

3

3

3

 

  3

          

3

3


6 38

Ada

    

Pno.

39

3   

mf

 

 

 

 

 

To

3

   

3

 

how

 

 

a

3

3

         

3

 

won - der

     

bird

3

         

3

3

  3

3

 

 

 

flies

 

 

   

3

3

   

          

3

3

43 allargando, freely 42

Ada

 

mf

   

        

Pno.

and if with steam



and fire,

 

   



 3    

3

ppp

  

  

45

I too could take to

  3

3

mp

     46      



3

f

(long) ( pp sempre)

Ada

    

 3   

3

p



 



 

   

air.

  

Fast

  Pno.

 

 

(long)

 

 

  3

3

pppp possible

  

molto rit.

   

una corda

 

 

  3

3

 

 

 

  3

   

  3

   

  3

 

  3

   

  3

 


50 a tempo (q = 104 - 116)

Ada

   



                   Heavy

Pno.

 

mf



 

tres cordes

 

7

54

      

f

      mf

      

 

 

dim. poco a poco

58

55

Ada

 

p poco a poco cresc.



   

I dreamed it

Pno.

          

    3

3

      

     

ppp

once

years a - go,

     

  

  

una corda

mp

60

Ada

      3

dreamed I

   

rode

         

Pno.

3

62

  

mf

       3

in the sky

   

  

on an

pp

p

          ppp sempre

3

i - ron horse

   

   




8 64

Ada

    

  

with me

-

tal

             

 

              

   



  



wings.

     

69 Much faster, flowing (h = 80)

Ada

molto rit.

mp

   Pno.

f





          

Growing resolute f



To - night

pp

                Blurry, shimmering

Pno.





                                  tres cordes

   

  

3  

3

take

Pno.

I

ppp

73

Ada

  

pppp

  

-

ful - ly mine,

what is

right

un

  

                 

                


   3      

 

lock with my

my

mind,

the

77

Ada

Pno.

 



  

dream

   

   

83

 

   

                

  

        

Pno.

3

this ma - chine.

85

Ada

 in -

side

Pno.

 

9

                                                          

81

Ada

pen,

80

         ff

86



  

 



To - night

           

pp



   

 

 

          

          

f

    



each

 word

  

 3  that I

ppp

            


10 Ada

89   

 3   

set

on the page

 

Pno.





will

blaze

3

 

a fie -

 

  

  

trail

through the

    



  



3     

my

   

ry

 3 

mf poco cresc.

sky,

Pno.

 3 

3

                       

93

Ada

 

  

   









   



words will



a

 

mark

ppp poco cresc.

  





98

    97

Ada

3

path for

 

those

who

come.

          

        f

Pno.

ff

  



  

         

ff subito

 

 

 

    

  

   


102

   

Ada

11

   

101

     

mf

3

The

Pno.

         fff    

   

pp

fu - ture

a waits

  

 my

 

ppp

              (ppp sempre)

105

Ada

  

pen,

Pno.

my

will,

 my

               

   

pp

ppp

                

109 Ada

f



  



mind

Pno.

 





 



 





 



 





 



  

  

    


12 Ada

113

  

Pno.

 

117

Ada





  

pp



  

my

   

Pno.

121

Ada

    

  











The

fu ture

 



pen,

    

   

f

3

 



my

 



 

a waits







 will,

    ppp

                

  

poco cresc.

my

mind

                        accel to end

Pno.

poco cresc.

                


13

   125

Ada

 

 



   

            

      

           Pno.

          

fff

  

            

fff

              

     


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