Cellist Matt Haimovitz and Soprano Marnie Breckenridge's New Release, "Jacqueline"

Released on Pentatone, the award-winning new opera tells the story of the real-life struggle between famed cellist Jacqueline du Pré and multiple sclerosis

American soprano Marnie Breckenridge and cellist Matt Haimovitz have released a new award-winning opera, Jacqueline, on Pentatone that tells the story of the real-life struggle between famed cellist Jacqueline du Pré and multiple sclerosis.

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GRAMMY-nominated composer Luna Pearl Woolf and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek collaborated on Jacqueline, charting the development of the great prodigy in four movements: I. Star Birth, II. Super Nova, III. Meteorite, and IV. Impact.

The form of the opera echoes du Pré’s iconic interpretation of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, using the concerto’s four-movement structure to navigate Jacqueline's life in music.

Breckenridge represents Jacqueline and former du Pré protégé and world-renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz, plays the role of her constant companion: her cello.

Listen to "Mon Ami I" from the opera below

Jacqueline received five Dora Mavor Moore nominations in 2020, including Outstanding New Opera, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Achievement in Design, and Outstanding Performance by an Individual (x2), and won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Individual for Marnie Breckenridge.