An American Tragedy
I was watching The Today Show this morning. They talked about this opera that is going to open soon at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. It is called "An American Tragedy."
This opera is about the young man, Clyde Gillette, who worked in a factory and was climbing the ladder of the American Dream. He meets this girl and starts courting her. She eventually becomes pregnant and is sent away by her parents. (Back then, single parenthood was unheard of.) She wrote Clyde letters, but he was beginning to think that he would be better off without her and his unborn child. He was also courting a wealthy young lady. So he drowns his pregnant girlfriend in a lake. (Scott Peterson, anyone?) He hides for several days, then is finally caught by the police, convicted, and executed.
Sigh. I want to go back to New York. Maybe Council Road will have a mission trip there sometime. I would be the first one on. :-)
This opera is about the young man, Clyde Gillette, who worked in a factory and was climbing the ladder of the American Dream. He meets this girl and starts courting her. She eventually becomes pregnant and is sent away by her parents. (Back then, single parenthood was unheard of.) She wrote Clyde letters, but he was beginning to think that he would be better off without her and his unborn child. He was also courting a wealthy young lady. So he drowns his pregnant girlfriend in a lake. (Scott Peterson, anyone?) He hides for several days, then is finally caught by the police, convicted, and executed.
Sigh. I want to go back to New York. Maybe Council Road will have a mission trip there sometime. I would be the first one on. :-)
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