Howard Moss

Parody of an opera synopsis in four acts. Act. I: Mikhail is failing in his studies, unbeknownst to his wife Maria, who sings her pride in his …

Diary form parody of Ned Rorem's diaries. Rorem's most recent book is, "The Final Diary, 1961-1972." The parody is of a young narcissitic composer …

Into some country where sopranosBeautifully rage and range, arrangingEchoes beyond the score’s intention,I watched you travel. All was hung there:Ourselves buoyed up in a box by darkness,The faint oval glitter across the theatre,The stage suspended in a gilt rectangle.Who is to know when music’s angelArrests its flight and, whirring downward,Stops to undo its gold illusion?The