The Three Hermits (children's opera) - Stetsenko, Paul

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"A children's church opera based on a short story by Leo Tolstoy "The Three Hermits""

◈ Genre → Operas

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range D1 – B6

¶ Language → English

Measures 682

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments Piano

Pages 71

CPDL # 39962

Editor Paul Stetsenko

Posted 2016-06-08

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

The Bishop

C4 – F5

Three Hermits

D4 – C5

MusicXML Part

F#1 – C5

¶Lyrics / Text

'''[[PROLOGUE]]''' ''(The Teacher; the Children)'' '''The Teacher:''' Please, sit my dears, compose yourselves, and then we will begin. Summer [Christmas] is a time of joy and beauty, let us play! What, my lovely children, would you like to learn today? '''Children:''' We want to sing! We want to read! We want to dance! '''One Child:''' Where do we go when we sleep? '''All Children:''' Where do we go when we sleep? How long is time? And what is “mine”? How do we dream? '''One Child:''' I want to learn how to pray. '''Teacher:''' To pray? You already know how. Open your heart and God will listen. '''One Child:''' I don’t know… Please tell me how to do it right. '''Teacher:''' Beloved child, my little one, tell me, what are you thankful for? '''All children (chorus)''' Thank You for the air we breathe, and thank You for our laughing days, And how we run and hide, and how we sleep warm in our beds, safe from nightmares, and the dread of monsters… We are protected safe from harm. Thank you for the love we give, and for the love we get, And all the wonders of the world. Thank You for this wondrous world; we thank You for this world. '''One Child:''' But I don’t know any “real” prayers. Please teach us how to pray a real prayer, like grown-ups do. '''Teacher:''' Would you like to hear a story? I’ll tell a little tale, and then you all can say that you know how to pray. '''Children:''' Yes, yes, yes! '''Teacher:''' Once upon a time and not so long ago, a Bishop sailed with pilgrims on a holy mission to a shrine. '''[[SCENE 1]]''' '''Pilgrims’ Chorus''' The way of a pilgrim is not to depart; the way of a pilgrim is homeward bound. To follow Christ, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Him, Our Savior has commanded. We pass through the lands which are not our own; we cross the distant rivers whose names we do not know. To follow Christ, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Him, Our Savior has commanded. Beyond the horizon our Heavenly Home is calling us,