Aletheia (a music theater work by William Osborne and Abbie Conant)

Abbie Conant, performance and text
William Osborne, composition, text, direction, video
Aletheia is getting ready to sing for some arts patrons in the courtyard below. She sings about the magic of words, the Logos, that allows words to create reality. At first, she just wants the magic of words to make her young again, hemoglobin grammar as she calls it, like a spirit that comes with the wind. She thinks about the wealthy patrons below, about the plutocracy and phoniness of the arts world. Slowly she begins to realize that the magic of words, the magic of art, might do something far greater than make her young again, that they might revive the dying city in which she lives. If only the patrons of neglect and the patricians of rot would allow those words to be heard. She wonders how her voice might transcend the cage in which she’s imprisoned, how she might raise her voice on the winds of time.
For more information see:
www.osborne-conant.org/Aletheia-English.htm
(Video edit May 6, 2022 -- color and audio correction)

[@robertwilliamson2585]

Truly brilliant. Thank you so much for making this accessible.