THE LAST LETTER 

The Last Letter (2014) - 12 min
For soprano, orchestra, soundtrack

Text by Jeanne Minahan

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Premiered with Elena Perroni, soprano; Kensho Watanabe, conductor; Curtis Symphony Orchestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 31, 2014

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Program note: 
The place is Juarez, Mexico.

Over the last 20 years, hundreds, maybe thousands, of women have disappeared. They are kidnapped, raped, tortured, and killed. Because they are female.

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This is a piece based on the perspective of what one woman was doing before she disappeared.