Trigger (Excerpt) - Jessica Rudman

Jennifer Sgroe, Soprano
Tim Steele, Piano
About "Trigger" by Jessica Rudman:
Trigger, a one-woman opera about the effects of domestic assault, resonates even more strongly nearly a year and half after its US Premiere in Nov '16, days after the 2016 Election results.
In the spring of 2014, a woman in Nova Scotia filed a domestic assault complaint against her boyfriend. A local law enforcement officer accidentally left a voicemail message at the victim’s number where officers can be heard discussing the case. In the recording (which is available online), an officer can be heard disparaging the woman, implying that she may be lying about her injuries, and asking if she deserved to get hit.
In four movements, it explores the many sides of assault, from on-looker to victim to abuser and the silent, long-lasting effects of assault.
Excerpted from a live performance on May 13, 2018 for the Women's Voices Benefit Concert for Rosie's Place (The oldest shelter in the US for Women) as part of the Milton Community Concerts.
Adapted from the original staging by Kristy Chambrelli with Hartford Opera Theater.
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Recorded by Milton Access TV
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