My wife informed me of this Newark Star Ledger story about an opera that premiered this week in San Francisco. It is based on the book by James B. Stewart titled Heart of a Soldier: A Story of Love, Heroism, and September 11th and is titled simply enough "Heart of a Soldier."
Allow me to quote the beginning of the story:
SAN FRANCISCO — Act 2, Scene 6: Just before his morning commute from Morristown to the World Trade Center, a man wraps his wife in his arms. He wears work clothes and she wears a bathrobe as they practice the tango. An orchestra’s angular rhythms match the swivel of their hips.
"Must you leave, when September gives us such a sky?" she sings beseechingly, in a plush soprano voice.
They kiss, and she collapses blissfully onto a mocha-colored bedspread. She then picks up his jacket and continues to dance around their bedroom.
This scene depicts the last time Susan and Rick ever saw each other.
At the opera, love can happen at any time and surpass any obstacle. Chance encounters instantly change lives. A man’s final song can resonate with thousands and linger in the mind long after the music ends.
The opera focuses on a real 9/121 hero, Rick Rescorla, his wife Susan and his best friend Dan Hill. Rescorila as head of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter went back into the South Tower to make sure all of the employees were out.
I thought people here might like to know of this musical work that honors the memory of a hero and of the life he lived.
Peace.