Ye People of New England — Dimmesdale’s confession

2008, rev. 2016, final aria revisions 2018 | tenor/piano

From The Scarlet Letter

Libretto by David Mason

In Act Two, Scene Two of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale have plotted their escape from the confining judgment of their community. As the town celebrates Election Day and the lovers prepare to leave with their daughter, Pearl, they are confronted by Hester’s estranged husband. Feeling his own body failing and worried that he will die without confessing his sin, Arthur mounts the scaffold. — David Mason

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