The Love of Don Perlimplin (Piano/Vocal Score) by Conrad Susa Choir - Sheet Music

Libretto:
Written by Richard Street and Conrad Susa
Based on the play by Frederico Garcia Lorca

Synopsis:
A wealthy, bookish old bachelor is persuaded by his housekeeper to take a wife. The matching of old age to a young, lusty wife is disastrous and Perlimplin realises that Belisa will take lovers and he is Þ lled with despair. But at the same time he has experienced love and learned to use his imagination. He devises a plan by which, disguised as a young man in a red cape, he woos and wins Belisa. Honor, however, demands that the husband kill the wife's lover. Since they are one in the same, Perlimplin makes a love sacriÞ ce and kills himself. Belisa, who has truly experienced love for the Þ rst time, is transformed from a wanton, thoughtless girl into a woman capable of loving some-one other than herself. Through this tragic act he gives her real life. Theirs is now a perfect union: Perlimplin reaches the only plateau he could have inhabited once his love for Belisa was enkindled, and she a ains a stature she could never have reached alone.