ABSTRACT

Title of dissertation: SSIBAJI, AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS FOR 9 CHARACTERS, PERCUSSION AND PIANO

Ye Sook L. Suh, Doctor of Musical Arts, 2006

Dissertation directed by: Professor Mark E. Wilson School of Music

The SSIBAJI (translation: The Seed-Bearer) examines an aspect of Korean culture which in not widely known in the United States. And, even though the subject matter is little known, it is a story of universal appeal. The complexity of emotion for every character and the mythic overtones are what drew the librettist, composer, and director to this unique story.

In Korea, in the 18th and 19th centuries, a high born family whose eldest son’s wife was barren, often turned to a surrogate mother to bear a son. Carrying on the family lineage was critically important. These arrangements were carried out in secret. The surrogate, impregnated by the husband, would live in hiding in the servants’ quarters while the wife lived out a sham pregnancy. If the surrogate gave birth to a son, she was paid, usually in farmland, and chased away. If she gave birth to a daughter, she was paid half, and kept the child. These girls often became surrogate mothers themselves, prized for descending from a high-born father. SSIBAJI is both a love story and a tragedy. The husband, who initially refuses to go along with this practice, falls in love with the surrogate. The wife risks the love of her husband in order to maintain her status in the family and provide an heir. Ssibaji, 17, falls in love and is foolish enough to believe that she can defy convention and keep her child, her lover and her own life.

The story line is simple while the emotions are complex and difficult. The formality of Korean culture, the dramatic class distinctions, the beauty of the setting, the fascinating rituals, all add sub-text, texture, and fascination to the story.

The libretto was written by an Emmy Award winning playwright Laura

Harrington. SSIBAJI, AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS FOR 9 CHARACTERS, PERCUSSION AND PIANO

by

Ye Sook L. Suh

Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts 2006

Advisory Committee:

Professor Mark Wilson, Chair Professor Robert Gibson Professor Leon Major Professor Lawrence Moss Professor Meriam Rosen © Copyright by Ye Sook L. Suh 2006 Table of Contents

Table of Contents ...... ii Orchestration / Cast of Characters ...... iii Scene Descriptions ...... iv

Prologue ...... 1

ACT ONE:

Scene 1 ...... 7

Scene 2 ...... 23

Scene 3 ...... 41

Scene 4 ...... 60

ACT TWO:

Scene 1 ...... 96

Scene 2 ...... 117

Scene 3 ...... 136

ii SSIBAJI (The Seed-Bearer )

Orchestration

Piano 1 Percussion (sitting Korean drum, standing Korean drums, tempo blocks, bass drum, tom-toms)

Cast of Characters

Shinae/Ssibaji (a young woman), soprano Hae-Ja (wife), soprano Eun-Jae (husband), tenor Jong-Sun Kim (uncle), baritone Madame Kim (husband’s mother), alto Shaman Singer mezzo-soprano or contra tenor Fortune Teller, baritone (or tenor) Chief Surrogate Woman, alto Servant Girl, soprano 2 Male Servants, supers

iii Prologue Shaman Singer

ACT ONE

Scene 1: A very poor village, negotiation of Ssibaji Jong-Sun Kim, Chief Surrogate, Fortune Teller

Scene 2: Eun-Jae and Hae-Ja in their bedroom Eun-Jae, Hae-Ja

Scene 3: Very late at night, Kim’s household Servant, Ssibaji, Madame Kim, Fortune Teller, Jong-Sun Kim, Hae-Ja

Scene 4: A shamanic fertility ritual Madame Kim, Hae-Ja, Ssibaji, Eun-Jae, Jong-Sun Kim, Shaman Singer, Fortune Teller

ACT TWO

Scene 1: Hae-Ja’s room. Hae-Ja, Madame Kim, Eun-Jae

Scene 2: Ssbaji’s labor Madame Kim, Eun-Jae, Hae-Ja, Shaman Singer

Scene 3: Ssibaji’s room, with a newborn Ssibaji, Eun-Jae, Madame Kim, Jong-Sun Kim, Hae-Ja, Shaman Singer, 2 male supers

iv SSIBAJI

PROLOGUE

The SHAMAN SINGER takes center stage.

Libretto by LAURA HARRINGTON Music by YE SUNG LEE

Very slow q = ca50 Shaman Singer          [opening gesture; call to attention] small Korean gong Sitting Korean Drum

 Percussion                  mf ff repeat 4 times

q = ca72 (darkly) 5 mp                       Is it fate we tempt whenwe

Standing Korean drums

                      3                 

mp                  3 1 mf 10 p 3                       ask for more, Or  is it the

3 3                  

            

14 3  3   3                         gods?   And the gods, if they

3                     

            

17 mf 3 3                              grant our wish - es, What price         

            

 mf      

       2 20 3                                    do they de - mand? What sa - cri - fice do they re- quire?

   

                                        

Standing Korean drums 23 q = 100                                  ff

q = 132 Always ff 28            Put on your                                                         

32             white robe,                                           3 35                     Pre - pare a feast for the dead

                                                      

39             

43                  Pray to the se - - - ven                                          

46               stars For the birth of                                                       

50           sons For the                                           4 53            health of sons                                          

56 mf  3                   Is that the

                   

3 3                        mp               

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60 3  3                                       gods wehear laugh ing? Is that your for - tune oft - for told?

poco a poco dim e rit. 64                      What will we ask of our bo- dies, What dark -ness sleeps 5 70 3         in  our souls? Sitting Korean Drum small Korean gong                         ff mp

6 ACT ONE: Scene 1

A very poor village. JONG-SUN KIM and the FORTUNE TELLER negotiate with the Chief Surrogate woman.

q = ca66 poco a poco cresc. Calm 3   3                       p mp                         

5                              3                  

8                        3  5 3 5                      

7 q=72 Light and gay 10                    f                      

                5 5  12  mf                 

6 12                                                                      

14 mf Fortune  Teller                      6 She must have a round face,                             mf                            

8 16 Fortune        Teller                     A poin - ted nose, pink palms, Round - shoul - ders                  

                      

18  Fortune       Teller                 a thin - back, wide hips, a                         mf                        

poco rit. a tempo 21 mf Fortune       Teller                        deep na - vel, and eye - lids that do not hide - her               mf mf            

9 f 24 poco rit. Fortune  Teller          eyes                               3 mp                       

(to Jong-Sun Kim) 26 mp 3 Chief            Surrogate                I will not ask you name, but the cost? f  Jong-Sun    Kim         Name your

        p               

29 Jong-Sun     Kim         price.                      3 mp   3                        10 a tempo 32 mf Chief    Surrogate                  rit. For a boy,                                3   mp mf                        34 3 Chief    Surrogate                five acres of farm - land For a girl... A 3 Jong-Sun  Kim         A girl?!                                  

36 3 3 Chief       Surrogate                     sur-ro gate might bear a daugh ter mp  3   3  Jong-Sun         Kim          What's the use of a                  p mf              11 39 mp Chief       Surrogate           f A 3 3 3 3                 Jong-Sun                 Kim          daugh - ter when we want a son to car-ryour fam-i- ly name?

              

              

43 3 3 Chief          Surrogate                          sur - ro - gate will take care of a fe - male child her - self. She must

                     mp              

45 rit. f Chief    Surrogate          still be paid. Full price. f Jong-Sun  Kim       Half. rit. 7                             3 mf                             12        47  Fortune    Teller     greed - y!                                                  

49 3      3                                                     

52 3 3 rit.  3                          

            

13  54 3 3 mp 3 3 Chief           Surrogate                      E - ven with five ac - res she will be luc - ky to sur - vive.    

     She gestures and 3 surogate women step forward and bow deeply to Jong-Sun Kim

Easy and graceful 56 3 3 3 Chief     Surrogate                  She  has per - fect - ly fer - tile char - ac - ter - is - tics

                p                

58 3 Chief            Surrogate                 as you can see, and is still ve - ry young

                               

14 60 mf Chief        Surrogate            This one  has had 11                            6                          

62 3  Chief             Surrogate           three sons. The for - tune tell - er pre - dicts                         

                            

64 f   Chief     Surrogate    four more!

f Fortune     Teller          at least four more                        

                             15 66 mf mf 3 Chief      Surrogate                 Dou-ble the price, she is the best. Guaran - mf Jong-Sun   Kim        Why the best?              mf                          

f 68 Chief     Surrogate            teed to bear a son.                                  mf                                    

70 mp 3 3 Chief      Surrogate                       I have others but they're too old or too          p           16 72 Slower 3 3 Chief           Surrogate              young. That's not pos-si - ble. f  Fortune    Teller        No mp       Jong-Sun         Kim        We want a pro - per girl... pure...

       mp            

chief surrogate leans to hear a surrogate whisper to her 75 3 Chief     Surrogate          (crowing, delighted) Shi - nae? But she's    Fortune     Teller     vir - gins here!         

 

      

17 77 3 Chief       Surrogate           on - ly se - ven - teen!

Jong-Sun        Kim       She'll ma - ture          

           79 A tempo f Chief    Surrogate       7 No!                        mf                           80 Chief     Surrogate      she's too young.  f 3 Fortune          Teller          Not too young at all! I pre - fer                                                              18     82 mf 3 3 Chief    Surrogate              There are dan - gers  with a girl so  mf 3 Jong-Sun    Kim            We pre-fer an un - touched girl      mp             

85 freely mp Chief    Surrogate             young. For these girls, yes. 3 3 Jong-Sun         Kim               All of life in - volves risk does it not?

88 spoken freely 3 3 Chief       Surrogate              You court trou - ble  with this choice.

Jong-Sun    Kim        Well...?

90                              3 mf  

                     19 q=72 93 As before Chief     Surrogate         I

mf Fortune        Teller                            Round face, - poin - ted nose, Round face, - point - ed nose, 6                                mf 

                               

95 3 3 3 Chief        Surrogate                   can not dis - suade you? Five acres, then. 3  Fortune            Teller      pink palms, round shoul - ders Wide

spoken Jong-Sun     Kim          No. Ahh you 6                                                                

20 97 3 Fortune       Teller                  hips, a deep na-val and a

Jong-Sun       Kim          rob me!!

                        

                             100  Fortune   Teller             vir - gin head to toe.                      

                   

102 f  Fortune         Teller                      He wants a vir gin? He must 12                   p f

           21 104 f Chief            Surrogate            And a mule to com - pen - sate the

Fortune     Teller    pay!                  mf 

                 

spoken, freely 105 3 mf Chief          Surrogate              mo - ther for her loss now. Of                    

                   CURTAIN 107 3 3 3 Chief     Surrogate                 course, there's no guar - an - tee she'll pro - duce a boy...                f                  22 Scene 2 A richly furnished bedroom. Eun-Jae and Hae-Ja are mid-conversation

Anxious q = ca100                   mp 5 5                 

5 5 6                       5 mf                    

q = ca80 (loving) 8 Slower  mp    Eun-Jae                You are young yet. You could  (poco rit.)                 p mp 5                

23 12 mf

Eun-Jae            still have a child                         6 mf 5 cresc.                 

A bit faster (frustrated) 15 mf 3 3  3  Hae-Ja                        I have tried ev - ery rem - e - dy         5     

17 3 3 3 Hae-Ja                  Suf - fered ev - ery rit - u - al          

    

24 19 f  Hae-Ja                Feast - ed Fast -

                  mf 5 3               

21 3 Hae-Ja                    ed, Prayed for one hun- dred days,

               5 3             

23 (dim.) (poco rit.) 3  Hae-Ja                 Vis - it - ed moun- tains, ri - vers...                  mp

3 3                     

25 q = ca72 [he kisses her] 26                    5 5 5

                  

29 mp Hae-Ja         I mf 3    3 Eun-Jae                  There is still time for us.                    6    5 3                  31 3 3 Hae-Ja                  could be ban - ish - ed.  Eun-Jae                  I will not be - tray you...

         mf     

26 33  Eun-Jae         (poco rit.)                              5   5 3                    

q = ca58 Flowing (full of emotion) 37 mp 3 Hae-Ja                          To be un - able to bear chil-dren

          mp                        

mf 39 3         Hae-Ja                    It is a wom - an's grea- test shame. I would do                                    

27 41  3 3 3 3 Hae-Ja                       any - thing for you Suf - fer any - thing                                    

43  Hae-Ja              for you mf 3      Eun-Jae                    The child-birth god will give you a                            mp                              

45 3 3 f       Hae-Ja                 Your moth - er wants an heir (freely) f        Eun-Jae                     child Let her wait! Ihavene-ver                

           

28 48 cresc. mf          Hae-Ja                    But if this is the on - ly way I can have a 3 3 Eun-Jae              agreed to this prac - tice                   

50 3  3  Hae-Ja                    child... We can have a child... Shouldn't we?  sfz  Eun-Jae          No!                                    

53 mp 3  3 Eun-Jae                                  Sur - ro gates are low -born. They are not to mix with        p         

29 56 mf  3 Hae-Ja                             We will on - ly bor-row her body Do you  3 Eun-Jae            roy - al blood.               mp           

59 3 mp  3 Hae-Ja                      know what they say about me? Even the

    

     

61  3 3 Hae-Ja                  ser -vant s I have heard  them whis - per - ring.  3                        

              

30 63 ff 3       Hae-Ja                          For shame. For shame. Why do you 3                                f  3                          

67 3       Hae-Ja                            keep her when she can - not give you a child 3 3 3                    

3 3 3                   

70 p        Hae-Ja                   mp (sweetly, freely) I will not... I    Eun-Jae           Hush, now...                  pp         

31 74 Hae-Ja                          can- not... go on with out a child.                             77 3 3      Hae-Ja                             I can-not bear it. It eats away at                         

 3                        3 80 Hae-Ja        me. p   Eun-Jae        Dar -                 p 3 3                               3

32 84 3 mp 3          3 Hae-Ja                        I would do any thing to have a child  Eun-Jae         ling...                                    

88 mf (recit.)   3           Hae-Ja                           Any - thing. It is my du - ty to         mp          91 mp 3 Hae-Ja                  ask you.  For my mf   Eun-Jae                   This makes my soul un - qui - et.                

33 94  3 3 3 Hae-Ja                       sake, Forthe sake of your fam - i - ly 

3 3        Eun-Jae                   It is like a stone weigh - ing onmy heart.          mp        97                   5 5 5                  100 f  3 Hae-Ja           For the               5 5        

34 102  3 3 Hae-Ja              past for the fu - ture, For the  5    5                        

poco a poco cresc. 104 3     Hae-Ja                   dead,  for the liv - ing For me, Eun

 (sim.)             

              5    5 5      

                     

107   Hae-Ja              Jae, For me (agitated, freely, faster)  f 3 3 Eun-Jae                      Ne - ver be - fore has a wife sued                    pp                   

35 110 3 3 3 Eun-Jae                                 so will - ing - ly for her own be - tray - al Are your lips not            

f 113 3 3 3     Eun-Jae                      bit - ter with the taste of those words?     

     

115 f 3 Hae-Ja                  Are you so weak, then?  Eun-Jae                   3

36 116     Hae-Ja                A cow - ard, dare.                    3            

117  Hae-Ja              You must dare for                  3            

118 3    Hae-Ja             me. Don't you see? We

3                                    3 3                          37 120 3 3 3 f    Hae-Ja                               can have every -thingwe ever want-ed A 3  3                                   5 3                

122 Hae-Ja           child A

                             5 5 5 5 5 5 mf                

124 3 mp 3      Hae-Ja              child of my own.. our own

                     5 5 5                        

38 127 cresc.  Hae-Ja             A son our

                      5 5 5 3 3                    

130 ff  Hae-Ja                    son. To the whole wold he will be our             5 3 ff                mp 134   Hae-Ja        son. [She kisses him, a passionate relief]                   mp p 5 5 3                     

39 138                    5 5               

141               5 5          

FADE TO BLACK 143                   5 5 pp              

40 Scene 3 Very late at night. Out of the blackness we see a moving light as the FORTUNE TELLER appears carrying a lantern on a pole.

On another part of the stage WE SEE: Jong-Sun Kim with 2 female servants.

Slowly moving q = ca72        pp 3 3                               (sim.) 

5                   

3 3 3                                        

10                                 p poco a poco cresc. 3                  

41 15                                                 

20                                3    3               

f  24                               3  3 mp               

28 B.D. f                

                     ff p

               

42 33 mf 3 3 3        Jong-Sun                     You must swear to me. Each of you. 3 3                 mp 3 3                 

35 3 Jong-Sun                       To guard this se - cret with your 3 3                 

3 3                  

37    Jong-Sun                    lives. Should this se -cret be known, I will hold

3 3                  mf mp 3 3                     

43 ff 40 3     p 3 Jong-Sun                                 you re - spon-sible The pun-ish-ment wouldbe        f      

Servants bow deeply spoken freely Jong-Sun Kim turns 43 mf and EXITS Jong-Sun                       death... Do you un - der stand - me? 3 3 3 B.D.                sfz f                             

44 Following the FORTUNE TELLER and his lantern, 2 male servants carry a palanquin onstage, and set it down. Ssibaji steps out. She is blindfolded.

The 2 female servants turn and slide open the door to Ssibaji's room. The Fortune Teller leads Ssibaji into the room.

3 3 T.Blks B.D. 3 3 46                             p mf      mp 3              

49 3 3 3 T.Blks                       3                3 3                    

52               

3   3                       3                    

45 Ssibaji steps out. She is blindfolded.

The 2 female servants turn and slide open the door to Ssibaji's room. The Fortune Teller leads Ssibaji into the room.

Freely flowing q = ca60 54                         mf 3 5 5                 always smooth 57  3                                             3 mp                       (sim) 

poco a poco cresc. 61                    

                    

46 3 65                             mf                    5     5 5

68                              3    f 3                  

increasing intensity 3 3  72                                  3 3                   q = ca84 76 3 3 3 3 T.Blks                   ff                      

   

 ff                   

47 (frightened) 79 mf 3 3 Ssibaji                      Wheream I? What is this

3 3 3 3 3 3                        

82 3 Ssibaji             place? Who are you? free recitative mf 3 3 Servant      One             Nev-er ask who they are.

3 3 3 3                  

85 3   Ssibaji            Wheream I? Servant       One                 Don't look or lis-ten or speak. [spoken] Hush! 3 3            

48 Madame Kim and Uncle Jong-Sun Kim enter, followed by Hae-Ja. The servant hastily pushes Ssibaji to her knees. Korean Standing Drum 90            f        mp 3 3                             

95                    

                     ff                        

49 100 (hisses) Servant    One       [spoken] Bow to them!

                       mf ff Ssibaji bows, head to the floor--as she stands...                  mf              

103 Servant  One     [spoken] This is [spoken] This is master's uncle. master's mother.

3                                          

50 107 Servant One     [spoken] And this is the master's wife.

3  5 5                          

She walks around Ssibaji, inspecting her. She grips her jaw in her hand, turns her head this way and that, opens her mouth to look at her teeth. SSIBAJI jerks her head away. Madame KIM SLAPS her, then resumes her grip. SSIBAJI submits.

110 (cold) Madame    Kim        [spoken] Let me look at her. Sitting Korean Drum

                     ff repeat 4 times

                              

51 q = ca72 Very animated

B.D gradually getting louder T.BL 3 113 6                                f                             ff                      

117                                f

                        f

                         

52 q = ca70 122 With movement mp (upset) Hae-Ja        [spoken] She's too young!

mp Madame   Kim        How mp   Fortune      Teller      Ve - ry young!             ff 

                  always p and sustained ff 3 3 3 3 3 3                                      (sim.)

53 125 mp Ssibaji             Sev-en- teen. Madame Kim        old are you? mf     Jong-Sun         She's the per-fect

Sitting Drum                                  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                

128 Madame  Kim       3  3 Your Fortune      Teller             A vir - gin, Ma- dame. Jong-Sun             age, the per-fect choice.                         

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                              54 131 mp Ssibaji          Shi - nae. mf 3 3 Madame        Kim                       name? Here you areSsi-ba-ji Ssi - ba - ji on - ly. 3 3 3               3 3 3 3 3 3 3                      3 3 3                 

A servant shoves her (angry) to silence her 134 mf 3 mf       3 Ssibaji                         Thatis not my name! My fa - ther was a mf Fortune  Teller     [spoken] She exhibits all the characteristics of a fertile female.

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                       

3                     55 poco rit. 137 3 q = ca66 Ssibaji          (intensly)  no - ble - man! ff 3       Hae-Ja                      What have you done, Un- cle?                      3      3 3      f ff                   

140 Faster, Tempo I Ssibaji        [spoken] Fourteen  Hae-Ja                      You have brought us a child!

Madame     Kim         [spoken] When did your You see? menstrual cycle begin?                                           3 3 3 3 3 3   mp                   

56 mp mf 143 Madame    Kim               She is no lon - ger a child.. mp   Fortune      Teller              You see the round face and                        3 3 3 3 3 3 mp            146          Fortune       Teller              shoul - ders. Pink palms, Thin back.                   3 3                 

149 3 3    Fortune               Teller                Deep nav- el. Wide hips. And eye lids that do not hide

                           3 5 5                   57 152 mf 3 Hae-Ja            She's too small... too Fortune    Teller      her eyes.   Jong-Sun        Per - fect.                             5 5 5  5 5 5 3 3 3                     

154 Hae-Ja       thin. 3 3      Jong-Sun     She is per - fect.

                       5 5 5          3 3  3 3 3 3                        

58 156                                                          3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                   Madame Kim, Jong-Sun Kim and the Fortune Teller exit; Hae-Ja takes one last look at Ssibaji and follows them.

T.B B.D. 3 159 6                          mp f      mf                      

                     163                  ff 

                                  mf ff                                        59 Scene 4

A shamanic fertality ritual which is both ritual and entertainment. There is an offering table laden with food for the gods.

The SHAMAN SINGER and FORTUNE TELLER appear.

q = 92 Lively mf Hae-Ja               Bi-na - e - da

mf Shaman      Singer          Bi-na - e - da

mf Madame      Kim          Bi-na - e - da

mf Fortune  Teller                Bi-na-e - da

mf Jong-Sun       Kim         Bi-na-e - da

                                      mf (sim.)                                           60 5      Hae-Ja               Bi-na-e - da Bi-na - e - da

   Shaman       Singer             Bi-na-e - da Bi-na - e - da

Madame          Kim       Bi-na-e - da Bi-na -e - da

Fortune       Teller                 Bi-na-e - da Bi-na-e - da

Jong-Sun            Kim           Bi-na-e - da Bi-na-e - da

                           

                                        61 9  Hae-Ja                            Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Shaman              Singer                 Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Madame               Kim                           Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da             mf Fortune             Teller                   Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da The Jong-Sun Kim                              Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da                                                                          

13 mf Shaman    Singer       We Fortune        Teller                 gods arelaugh ing! I pre - dict a son!                               mp                                 62 16 f Hae-Ja          We ask   f Shaman          Singer               ask a son! First born son! Of a first born son! We

f Madame     Kim                    We ask a son!                             

                                          

63 20 poco a poco cresc.   Hae-Ja                   for son! Spir - it and flesh A

f    Shaman    Singer             ask a son! son! son! son!

f Madame   Kim       son!

f f Fortune       Teller              We ask a son! son! son!

f   Jong-Sun     Kim        We ask a son!

                                 

                                64 23   Hae-Ja                          won - der - ful son to as ton ish

ff Shaman     Singer          son! son! son!

ff f Madame     Kim           son! son! son! We ask a

ff Fortune     Teller           son! son! son!

ff Jong-Sun     Kim       son! son! son!

                 

                                       65   27 f Hae-Ja          a moth - er Madame  Kim                 son! Our hope for the fu - ture!

Jong-Sun    Kim       We ask a                            

                                

30 Madame   Kim               A sanc - tu - ary - for our name.  Jong-Sun      Kim        son! A son to come Our                                

                              66     33       Hae-Ja                    Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e -

Shaman   Singer             Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e -

Madame         Kim          Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e -

Fortune     Teller         For - tune smiles her

5:3q Jong-Sun      Kim     im-mor - tal - i - ty

                           

                            67     36      Hae-Ja                     da Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e - da

Shaman      Singer                da Bi - na - e -da Bi - na - e - da

Madame      Kim                   da Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e - da

Fortune            Teller           bra - zen smile. I pre - dict a son!

    Jong-Sun         Kim            Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e - da

                       

                          68     39    Hae-Ja              Bi - na - e - da

3 Shaman       Singer                   Bi - na - e - da He will be the son of a

Madame      Kim        Bi - na - e - da

Fortune   Teller      son!

  Jong-Sun     Kim        Bi - na - e - da

                        

                         69 42 Hae-Ja                  We ask a son! We

3 3 3 Shaman           Singer        hun - dred sons. The son of a hun-dred sons.                                                     

45      Hae-Ja              ask a son! A son! Shaman      Singer              We ask a son! A son!  Madame       Kim             We ask a son! A son! Fortune      Teller           We ask a son! Jong-Sun  Kim             We ask a son!                              

                                70 48 ff             Hae-Ja                           son! son! son! son! Pray to the se-ven stars for the

ff     Shaman         Singer                         son! son! son! son! Pray to the se-ven stars for the

ff Madame             Kim                  son! son! son! son! Pray to the se-ven stars  for the

ff Fortune             Teller                               son! son! son! son! Pray to the se-ven stars for the ff        Jong-Sun             Kim                     son! son! son! son! Pray to the se-ven stars for the

                               

                                 71     52               Hae-Ja                   birth of sons, for the health of sons. Pray to the

 Shaman           Singer                  birth of sons, for the health of sons. Pray to the

 Madame           Kim                  birth of sons, for the health of sons. Pray to the

    Fortune               Teller                  birth of sons, for the health of sons. Pray to the

Jong-Sun                           Kim            birth of sons, for the health of sons. Pray to the

                        

                            72     56             Hae-Ja                      se - ven stars for the birth of sons, for the health of

Shaman                 Singer               se - ven stars  for the birth of sons, for the health of

Madame                 Kim               se - ven stars  for the birth of sons, for the health of

    Fortune               Teller                   se - ven stars for the birth of sons, for the health of

Jong-Sun                           Kim             se - ven stars for the birth of sons, for the health of

                                    

                                                73      accel.

60     Hae-Ja             sons. health of sons.

mf   Shaman   Singer           sons. health of sons.

mf   Madame   Kim           sons. health of sons.

mf    Fortune      Teller        sons. health of sons.

mf   Jong-Sun          Kim     sons. health of sons.

                                              mf          

                                     74     EUN-JAE appears, also hidden, and sees her.

LIGHTS SHIFT and focus on... EUN-JAE watching her:

q = 74 fff 64 Slower Hae-Ja      

fff Shaman  Singer     

fff

Madame  Kim     

fff

Fortune  Teller       fff

Jong-Sun  Kim      

                                                    p fff

              75 3 67 3 Eun-Jae         She                                          3       

69 3   3 3 Eun-Jae                        en - ters my heart, Carves a place there, Speaksa

                                     

3 71 3 3    Eun-Jae                         se - cret lan - guage Writes with the

              3  3                 76 72 3     3 Eun-Jae                              bo - dy Writes with tongue and touch and breath I

                                 3 3 3 3                    

74 3  3  3 Eun-Jae                               taste and taste, Feast on her sweet flesh, and

                                                           3 3  3

76 mf Ssibaji           I 3 3 Eun-Jae                 wake each day hun - gry for more.

3 3 3                                              p mp              3 3 77 78 A little faster q = 80 3 Ssibaji            knew you'd come I

3 3                     mf

          3

79 3 Ssibaji              knew you'd find me

3    Eun-Jae                 You should n't be here. If

3                       3 mf

            3 3 78 (breathless) 81 q =92 mf 3 Ssibaji         I have such

 3 Eun-Jae             you get caught... If they find you..

                      

83 3 3 Ssibaji                    news for you Such jjoyoy in me Such

                                 3             3

85 3 3 3 3 Ssibaji                          joy in all the pla - ces you have

                3                3 3 79 Slower f 86 3    3 Ssibaji               touched me Your son grows in -

f Eun-Jae              I should                     3                            3 3 3 3 3

80 mp 88 3 mf Ssibaji            side me. Yes,

p Hae-Ja              Bi - na - e - da

p Shaman      Singer         Bi - na - e - da

p    Madame      Kim         Bi - na - e - da

3 3 Eun-Jae                        fall on my knees and wor - ship you p     Fortune      Teller          Bi - na - e - da p Jong-Sun       Kim         Bi - na - e - da                         3 3 3 3 3 3 3 81 The Chorus continues in the back ground.

90 They embrace Ssibaji           you should!

Hae-Ja                  Bi - na - e - da

Shaman     Singer             Bi - na - e - da 

Madame       Kim            Bi - na - e - da

(free recitative with movement) mp 3 Eun-Jae                Let this be our se- cret

    Fortune       Teller             Bi - na - e - da Jong-Sun        Kim            Bi - na - e - da                      3 3 3 82 93 3 3 Ssibaji            Why? Tell the world!   3 Eun-Jae                     Unt - il you can hide it nolong- er.

96 Ssibaji                 Shout it from the roof - tops!

Eun-Jae     

Joyful q = ca76 97    Ssibaji                Let them try.. mf Eun-Jae                              They will try to keep us a part. You don't mp              p          83   100 3 Ssibaji          Yes, I do...

mf     Hae-Ja      A son! mp

mf Shaman     Singer      A son! mp

mf Madame   Kim        A son! mp

ff 3   Eun-Jae                           know what you have gi-ven me. Like the

mf Fortune     Teller       A son! mp

mf   Jong-Sun     Kim       A son! mp

                                          

           84     104 Hae-Ja        f Son!

Shaman    Singer     f Son!

Madame  Kim       f Son!

  Eun-Jae             gods, you best - ow life

Fortune    Teller      f Son!   Jong-Sun   Kim     f Son!

   3   3  3                                      3  3  

      

mf             85  106 Hae-Ja       Son!

Shaman   Singer    Son!

Madame Kim      Son!

3 Eun-Jae             How could I not have known

Fortune   Teller     Son!

Jong-Sun   Kim     Son!

   3  3    3                                      3 3 3

    

           86   108 Hae-Ja     

Shaman  Singer   

Madame Kim    

3 Eun-Jae             Not have un - der - stood This

Fortune  Teller    

Jong-Sun  Kim    

 3  3   3  3    3  3                                       

    

        87   rall. 110 3 Eun-Jae             mir-a - cle this life - gi - ving

        3     3  3     3                                                 3 3   3 3  3

      

                    

q = ca60 113 3 3    Ssibaji              Say my name a - gain... mf 3 mp     Eun-Jae        mir - a -cle Shi - nae...      3                                       3  3   3                    88 q = ca92 116 poco accel. As before     Eun-Jae     My love... My son.                             p p                      

119 p Hae-Ja            Bi - na - e - da

p Shaman     Singer        pBi - na - e - da Madame     Kim        Bi - na - e - da p Fortune Teller            pBi - na - e - da Jong-Sun      Kim       Bi - na - e - da                         

                               89 122       Hae-Ja                  Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e - da  Shaman         Singer              Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e - da Madame         Kim         Bi - na - e - da Bi - na - e - da Fortune  Teller            Bi - na - e - da Jong-Sun      Kim       Bi - na - e - da                                                        

90 125 Hae-Ja                           Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da

Shaman            Singer                Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da

Madame             Kim                          Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da

                Fortune              Teller                    Bi-na-e - da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da

Jong-Sun     Kim                                 Bi-na-e - da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da Bi-na-e-da

                       

                                            91 Steady q. = ca76

129 ff            Hae-Ja                      Pray to the se - ven stars for the birth of sons,

ff Shaman            Singer                        Pray to the se - ven stars for the birth of sons,

ff Madame               Kim             Pray to the se - ven stars  for the birth of sons,

      Eun-Jae              stars for the birth of sons, ff   Fortune            Teller                     Pray to the se - ven stars for the birth of sons,

ff

Jong-Sun                        Kim             Pray to the se - ven stars for the birth of sons,

            ff      

                 92    132               Hae-Ja                      for the health of sons. Pray to the se-ven stars

 Shaman            Singer                for the health of sons. Pray to the se-ven stars

 Madame            Kim                for the health of sons. Pray to the se-ven stars

        Eun-Jae            for the health of sons.   Fortune               Teller                    for the health of sons. Pray to the se-ven stars        Jong-Sun           Kim                  for the health of sons. Pray to the se-ven stars

                  

                    93     accel. 136             Hae-Ja                     for the birth of sons, for the health of sons. health

     Shaman          Singer                 for the birth of sons, for the health of sons. health

     Madame          Kim                 for the birth of sons, for the health of sons. health

     Fortune              Teller                 for the birth of sons, for the health of sons. health

Jong-Sun                           Kim           for the birth of sons, for the health of sons. health

                  

                    94      f ff 140   Hae-Ja         of sons.

f ff  Shaman  Singer       of sons.

f ff  Madame  Kim       of sons.

f ff  Fortune   Teller       of sons.

f ff  Jong-Sun       Kim   of sons.

                                                       f ff

                 95            ACT TWO: Scene 1

A rice paper door slides open to reveal: Madame Kim, He-Ja and 2 servants.

While Madame Kim supervises, the servants dress Hae-Ja as though she is 6-7 months pregmant (exactly mirroring Ssibaji's pregnancy.)

q = 108                         mp           3                     mf p

4                                                                

     6                                                                                 

    9                                             

                    96    11                                             

                       

rall. = 98 freely 14 q mp 3 Hae-Ja              3 He ne - ver                       p

3                    16 3 3 Hae-Ja                      comes to my room a - ny more.        

      

18 3   Hae-Ja                   We have not made love in months and months.

      

  

97 20 Hae-Ja           

3         Madame          Kim                   He should not come nowthat you are preg-nant

                       f                          (instructing servants)  

3 23 q = 104    Madame    Kim           More like this...                     

  3                      ff    

26 p 3 3 Hae-Ja                    Youdon't un-der- stand...

                               p                         98 28                                                             

(to the servants) 30 Madame        Kim          She is car-rying a

                                            

32  3 Madame    Kim            son, re-mem - ber. Quite high

                                                                        

99 poco rall. 34 mf p Madame Kim          and round.  .

3   3 3 3  3                                  3 3       3

                    

(the servants adjust the wrapping covering Hae-Ja's belly)

q = 108 36 mp Hae-Ja         3 3 I'm a - Madame   Kim                 There. There.   3                      

                          

100 39 mf Hae-Ja                fraid... I'm a - fraid he still 3 Madame      Kim            Much bet - ter.                        p                                 41 3 Hae-Ja          vi - sits her. Madame       Kim               Let me see you walk. 

                                                                     (to Hae-Ja) 44 3 3 Madame  Kim                He would not en - dan - ger your ba -by. More

                   101   3 q = 120 46  mf Madame       Kim                     like this. Curve your back. Like this.                 mf                           49        3  Madame  Kim                  Can you rouge her cheeks? She should be

3                                   

52 3 Madame  Kim                     quite flushed with a boy.

                                         55 f 3 3 3 Madame      Kim                  Bet- ter. Bet- ter. Much bet-ter.

              f                     

102 57 q = 96 mp 3 Hae-Ja              Some-times I think... mf 3 Madame    Kim            You are the per - fect coun -ter-feit 

                                       60 3 Madame   Kim          my dear. No onewill e - ver know.  With each                         

3                    66 3 Madame   Kim       ges -ture you make,  each step  you take...

                        

3                   

103 72 f mp Madame     Kim                       You must pro - tect your son. You must con -

                                                   

78 p f  Madame        Kim                         vince the world you are tru - ly preg - nant            7                        

83 3 Madame   Kim        my dear.  No onemust ev - er know.

                                             

104 90 ff 3 Madame    Kim                 Study. Prac- tice. And fool world.

                                    f     3                            A screen door slides open and Eun-Jae ENTERS The servants bow and exit 96 Madame  Kim                                                                                                          

q = 92 101 Moderato mp 3 3 Madame          Kim                   Sheis love - ly, isn't she?                   

              105   107 q = 112 3 3 Madame  Kim                              Your wife in the full flush of preg-nan- cy.                  f           

112 3 f         3  Madame        Kim                    I pre-dict a son, my son. I pre-dict a son, my                       f  3                     

118 Madame   Kim       son.                                                                            

106 SHE EXITS

Outside she stops, pulls a servant aside and puts a coin in her hand rit. 122    q = 104                                                                                      

127 3                        

                                  

133                                      q = 72 Andante Moderato 140                                    mp pp 3                      107  (She takes his hand, places it on her belly)

144 mp    Hae-Ja                Touch me. Don't be a - fraid.

                    mp                      (sim.) mf 146     Hae-Ja                      I have felt life. He is so strong.

                                                  

                   

108 148 f   Hae-Ja                   I al - ways knew we would have a son.

                                       f                                 

He backs away from her as... one screen slides closed and another opens as lights come up on SSIBAJI rall.

151     Hae-Ja                       I will give you a son, a won - der - ful

                             mf                       

109 A screen slides closed and another opens, as lights come up on SSIBAJI

She believes this with all her heart

153 q = 92

Hae-Ja               boy... = 92 q 3 3 3 3                            p                mp                          

156 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                             

                   3 3 

159 mf Ssibaji                  Wewill steal away

3 3                                           3    

110 162     Ssibaji                           in the mid-dle of the night. We will 3 3 3 3 3 3                           mp mp                 3

165 3 3   Ssibaji                        go to my vil-lage I will give birth 3 3                       mp                     3 168 3 3 Ssibaji               in my mo ther's

                             5 5 5 7  7             

111 170 mf Ssibaji            house. A

                       7 7 7               3

172   Ssibaji               fine son A

                   

           

112 rall.

f mp 174    Ssibaji           stong son.

                               mf              

176 mf  Ssibaji             And then... 3  3                                     mf   3 3                                  

113 q = 104 179 mf   Ssibaji                  And then... A - way... 3   3 3                                      p               

181 Ssibaji                              A - way... A way from this place. Away...

3 3 3 3                                              

f 184 3     Ssibaji                    A-way fromthese sha dows.   3 3 3 3                                      f

                    

114 187 q = 82 mp Ssibaji             A -way.  3 3 3 3                                        mp                              poco a poco cresc. 190 3 Ssibaji                     Wewill steal a way He will not

3 3 3 3 3 3                                         

193    Ssibaji             let them steal my ba - by                                           3 3  3 3   3 3 3 3 3 3 3       3                        

115 3    195     3 3 3 3                                    mf   3  3 3                               

rit.

198 3 3 3                  poco a poco dim.        

200 3 3                  pp    

116 Scene 2

DRUMS both underscore and punctuate the following scene and are used to suggest Ssibaji's screams.

. Fast q = 144 3 3 Low tom-tom  Low floor tom-tom    Bass Drum                  mf                         mf                     

3 3 3                                                       

                             

5                                        mf                        

117 6 molto cresc.                    p                                             p                                           

q = 90 A bit slower (to Eun-Jae) 8 ff 3 Madame        Kim           You must go to

                f sfz

          f sfz             

118 10 3 3 Madame         Kim                Ssi-ba - ji. She needs your help.               p  mf                  

poco rit. Slowly moving (cold) 12 q = 67 mp 3 Hae-Ja                     She will be

3 3              p                            p                    3      

119 14 3  Hae-Ja             ffiine.ne Young and strong.

Eun-Jae         [spoken] She is so young 3 3 3 3                                                 pp                        

Moving ahead a bit 16 f    Hae-Ja             Ofcourse not! mp 5 Shaman  Singer                   Sex leads death's dance in

mf 3 Eun-Jae                 Is she too young? 3 3 3 3 3 3                      p     

                  120 18 Hae-Ja         

3 Shaman    Singer         child - birth grief be - gins.

mp 3 Eun-Jae              She seems so 3 3 3 3 3 3                      p                       (freely) 20 f 3       Hae-Ja                   Why would you con - cern your - self? (freely) 3 3 3 Shaman      Singer       Put  on  a 

Eun-Jae         small...

                 

121 q = ca72 Flowingly 22 3 3 3 3 3 Shaman  Singer              white  robe   Pre -  pare     a

                                 p 3 3 3 3 3 3                                   p                            

24 3 Shaman       Singer           feast    for the dead. Pray 3 3 Eun-Jae                 Is she in dan - ger?

                                 3 3 3 3 3 3

                                 

                           

122 (to Eun-Jae) 26 mf 3 3 3 Madame         Kim                         You must go to her. It is our tra - di tion.

Shaman      Singer                to the se - ven stars.

Eun-Jae                                            3 3 3 3 3 3

                                  

                            28 3 Madame        Kim             Your strength. She needs your strength.

3 Shaman   Singer              What will we ask

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3 3 3 3                     

                          123 30 3 Hae-Ja           You promised Madame  Kim    

3 3 Shaman      Singer          of our bod - ies

                  3 3 3            

                     

31 q = 80 3 Hae-Ja                    nev - er to see her a - gain.

3 3 3 3 3 3                        

3 3 3 3 3 3                  

         

124 33 poco accel. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                

3 3 3 3 3 3 3                           

            

35 Tempo I q = 76 Hae-Ja       

(to Eun-Jae) f 3 Madame        Kim            You must go to

                              f

3 3 3                 f                      

125 37 f 3 3 Hae-Ja                   I need you. It is

3 3 Madame         Kim                Ssi-ba - ji. Sheneeds you.

 3 3 3                        3 3 3 mp                                  3 3 3

mf 

 

 

           

126 39  Hae-Ja         my son. ff 3 3 Madame      Kim             Fool - ish wo - man!

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3 3 3 3                                                           3 3 3 3 3 3

           

41 3 Madame          Kim            Now. For this mo - ment. We must

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3 3 3 3                                                         3 3 3 3 3 3

          

127 43 Hae-Ja              You for - get. It is

3 3 Madame      Kim            get this ba - by born.

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3 3 3 3                                                            3 3 3 3 3 3

             45 3 3   3  3  Hae-Ja                          my son. I am gi-ving

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3 3 3 3                                                          3 3 3 3 3 3            

128 47 3 3 3 Hae-Ja                    birth These are my

3 3 3 3 3 3                               3 3 3 3 3 3                                                            3 3 3 3 3 3

              q = 90  49

Ssibaji       

Hae-Ja        screams

3 3 3 3 3 3                                                         3 3 3 3 3 3

          

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Ssibaji      [Spoken] Eun-Jae! Eun-Jae! Com to me, Come to me Why do you not come to me *OS 3 Hae-Ja                  You prom-ised me 3 f    Madame  Kim         Go to her...

3 3 3 3 3 3                                                      3 3 3 3 3 3

          53 f Hae-Ja            3 Eun- Jae! Madame    Kim         You must go

3 3 3 3 3 3                                                      3 3 3 3 3 3

          130 55  Hae-Ja                      Eun- Jae! Stay with me! 3 Madame  Kim           to her.

3 3 3 3 3 3                                                      3 3 3 3 3 3         

57 3 3      Hae-Ja                    Stay with me! Why do you not stay with

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3                                             3 3 3 3 3 3          

131 59 3    Hae-Ja               me It is my son. I

3 3 3 3 3 3                              3 3 3 3 3 3                                                        3 3 3 3 3 3

          

61 3       Hae-Ja             am gi-ving birth. These are my screams.

3 3 3 3 3 3                          ff

3 3 3 3 3 3                                                                  3 3 3 3 3 3

           

132 Eun-Jae exits to go to Ssibaji 63 ff

Hae-Ja                                                                             ff                                      

66        3                                                

133 q = 90 67 Violently            

                                 ff                   3              70                               

                                

73 q = 112 3 3 3 3 3 3                                            

            

134 74 3 3 3 3                          3 3                           (freely)

75 ff    Ssibaji            Ah...  3 3 3 3                             3 3

                    

                     

135 Scene 3 The servants open to reveal...Ssibaji's room.

Ssibaji and Eun-Jae with the newborn. Ssibaji is entranced, euphoric, forgets that the child must be given away.

Ssibaji sings a LULLABY to the baby.

q =ca76 Gently Moving

              pp                              

8                        

                    

(sweetly) 15 p Ssibaji            Ah - ghi ja jang

3                          mp  p       

        

                    

136 20 Ssibaji                  ah ah ghi ja jang

3                                          

p 24  Ssibaji            kum dong ah yah   

  

 

              mp                            

mf mp 28 Ssibaji           oak dong ah yah

3     

   

   

  

                                             

137 32 (freely) Ssibaji                 ah ghi ja jang ah ghi ja jang                                  3

38 mp   Ssibaji                 ah ghi ja jang

               p             

43 3 3                      3 3    

                     

138 Madame Kim, Jong-Sun Kim and Hae-Ja ENTER to take the BABY.

q = 114 Urgent 47 (commanding) Jong-Sun    Kim       [Spoken] Eun-Jae!

   3 3 3                                         mf   

  

          

51 (bargaining) mf 3  3 Eun-Jae                        Giveher an ho -ur. Give her a          mp 3                                  3    3

55  Eun-Jae         day. poco rit.

3 3 3                3 p                f                               3 3 3

139 q = ca72 Slower and steadier 59 mp   Hae-Ja                   She is young and strong.

           3  p 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                   

62 3 3 Hae-Ja                         She can trav-el She said it her

                3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                        

q = ca84 64 Slightly faster Hae-Ja       self. mp    Eun-Jae               Not now. Not yet.

3 3 3 3 3 3                                             p poco a poco cresc. 3 3 3 3 3 3                                        140 66 3 mf    Eun-Jae                       You don't know. You did -n't see.

3 3   3 3   3 3                                   

3 3 3 3 3 3                                   

68 f    Eun-Jae        You weren't there.  (The voice of authority) f      Jong-Sun       Kim          You for - get your - self...

3 3 3 mp                        f p 3 3 3 3 3 3                                

141 (sweetly) 70 mp 3 3 Ssibaji                Look at him! He is so beau - ti - ful 3    Hae-Ja         Give me my Jong-Sun  Kim              

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                          

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Ssibaji         So per - -

mf      Hae-Ja            son. Give me my son. High tom-tom Low tom-tom     Bass Drum                  3 3 3 3 3 3                          

142 mf (bravely) 75 mp Ssibaji       fect We go. f     Hae-Ja             Give me my son! 3 3 3                 

               mp 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                3

mf 77  3    Ssibaji                  Right now. I want no - thing from you.

3 3 3 3 3 3                   

 3                        3      3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                          

143 79 3 Ssibaji                Keep your land. And I will

                            3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

 3                                  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                      f 82 Ssibaji         keep my son. mf Hae-Ja           The                     3 3 3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3 3 3                      3 3 3 3 3 3                           

144 q = ca72 Slower poco a poco cresc. 84 (cold) 3 3     3    Hae-Ja                          whole world knows that I gave birth to this son. The

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                             p

     mf 3 3                         mf 86 3 3   3        Hae-Ja                      world knows that a new heir has been born to this

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                                                         3 3                               f  

145 q = ca132 88 Faster ff Hae-Ja         house. [spoken] He is mine!

3 3            

                                        ff                           q = ca60 90 f Slow Madame       Kim         [spoken] Take the baby (freely) ff mp 3       Eun-Jae                   [spoken] No! Just an ho - ur                                       p 3 3     3                               146 (desperate) 93 3 Eun-Jae               Give her an hour (authority/ warning) f Jong-Sun  Kim           Re -                                          

3 3 3 3 3 3                            

q =ca108 Faster 95 3 3 Jong-Sun    Kim                     mem -ber your fam-i-ly's name. And ho - nor. 3   3                                            

                

147 Jong-Sun Kim takes the baby and places him in Hae-Ja's arms.

q =114 Violently rall. 98 3 3 3 3 3  3                           3 3 3                                       3 3    3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                                q = 72     free recitative (panicked) 100 f 3     Ssibaji                                 His mine. Mine! Give memy son! Idon'twantthe land. 

103 (looks to Eun-Jae) 3 3 3 Ssibaji                   I just want my son Help me. This is our

106   Ssibaji                          son, Yoursandmine Youknow the truth... Help me.

148 Eun-Jae is trapped between his wife and his lover.

= ca 109 q 76 Steadily Ssibaji                      Eun -Jae! I beg you 3              pp

      

(to his wife; pleading) 112    Eun-Jae              Just for a mo - ment.

3                            3  3 mp p mp

        

149 poco rit. 115         Eun-Jae             Let her say good

3                        3 p

          

He takes the baby. Madame Kim tries to intervene. He hakes her off and put the baby in Ssibaji's arms one last time.

Move q = 80 117    Eun-Jae           bye.                        mf   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                       (sim)

150 rall. 120 3                                                                     mf  

3 3 3 3 3 3                             

(Furious) 122 3       Jong-Sun        Kim               Re - mem -ber. Who. You. Are...

3                        ff p                                         ff p               

151 (to the baby: loving) q = 70 Gently moving 124 p Ssibaji              Sweet arms, sweet lips Soft skin, soft breath Let me  

 

                           pp         mf 129

Ssibaji         hold you my son... my

        

         mp                      

f mp mf 133   3 Ssibaji                     son... How can I lookat you? How can I

                                               152 Jong-Sun Kim takes the baby and places him in Hae-Ja's arms.

mf p 137 q = ca72 3 Ssibaji             bear it? How can I

   3                        3  

3 3 3                             

ff 139 3   Ssibaji            let you go?  3 3 3 3 3 3                    

                                  f                                    153    (brave/angry) q = ca72 141 rall. f 3     Ssibaji             How do you dare?

3 3 3 3 3 3                         

                                       ff always p and sustained                                        

143   Ssibaji            hard heart, hard hand

3 3 3 3 3 3                               

                                          

154 145 3   3 Ssibaji                     HHowow do you dare to do such things?

3 3 3 3 3 3                               

                                            

147 3 mf 3      Ssibaji                    HHowow do youlook me in the eye and

3 3 3                  

                                                           

149 f p 3      Ssibaji               steal my son? When you                                                                 155 A bit slower 151 3 3 Ssibaji                    made your plans Was this the plan you                         3 3 3 3 3 3          153 mp poco a poco cresc.  3 3 Ssibaji                          made? I wish you had nev-er cometo my mp   Hae-Ja              She is noth - ing.                                             3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                  155   Ssibaji                     vil - lage Nev - er crossed riv -ers and   3 3 Hae-Ja                  And no one.  3 3 3 3 3 3                      3  3                       156     157   Ssibaji                   val - leys, Nev - er felt the pangs of  3 Hae-Ja                A  ves -sel.

3 3 3                3 3 3 3 3 3                      

3 3                         

159 3 3            Ssibaji                           child-lessde-sire Nev - er dared to tempt the           Hae-Ja                No-thing more. And

                        3  3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                

157 ff (freely) 161  mp Ssibaji             Gods The

ff     Hae-Ja             no - one

3     3                                     ff                            ff pp                  

164  3 3  Ssibaji           gods hav e smiled on you I hav e ven - geance in my

      p        

158 q = ca60 Slow, with pathos molto cresc. 167  ff        Ssibaji               teeth, breath, bones. Kill me, yes,

                                     ff      f                   * see footnote below      

170    Ssibaji                kill me Show your hus -band

                                                                     

*Quote from Alben Berg's Opera Wozzeck: End of Act 3 Scene 4

159 173 rit.      Ssibaji                   who you real - ly are

                                                                

q = ca79 175 Move mp 3   3 Ssibaji                              You took me from my moth - er, brand - ed me

                                  p 3 3 3 3 3 3          

177      Ssibaji                 Ssi - ba - ji You

                            3 3 3 3 3 3          160 179 (incresing intensity) 3  3 3  Ssibaji                           brought me here, made me your pris-on - er You

3 3 3 3 3 3                       3 3                          

poco a poco cresc. 181 3 3        3 Ssibaji                    brought your hus -band to me your -self You pre

3 3 3                 3 3 3 3 3 3                      3 3                         183     3 3 Ssibaji                         pared him in - struct-ed him

3 3 3 3 3 3                            3 3 3 3 3 3                       3 3                    161      185   3 3 3 Ssibaji                       Told him not to look at me

3 3 3 3 3 3                            3 3 3                      3  3 3 3 3                          

rall. 187 3   3 Ssibaji                    Not to feel, think, taste. But the

3 3 3 3 3 3                            

                      3  3  3 3 3 3 3 3                            

162 q = ca66 (with passion)

189 f   Ssibaji            flesh speaks an -

                                    3 3 3 3 f 3 3 3 3                  

190        Ssibaji                other lan - guage The

                      3  3 3 3                  

163 191    Ssibaji          flesh says

                             3    3 3   3  3 3 3 3                   192 f q = ca72       Ssibaji                    yes, now, touch me,                                          f            3   3 3  3                              194  Ssibaji                     yes,drink me, yes,

                                                                                       164 197     Ssibaji                   see me; The flesh says  3 3 3             

                                                                                          

q = ca76 200 poco rit. A little faster  Ssibaji            yes 3 3 3 3 3 3                    poco rit.         3                                          mp     ff                                                165    203 mf 3 3 3 3 Ssibaji                                   You think you can live with your bo - dy and soul di - vid - ed...           

                         

mp 205 3   Ssibaji                Here is my son

(gives the deed to Jong-Sun Kim) mp 3 3 Madame  Kim                 Give her the deed to the land.

sfz Jong-Sun Kim           Enough!

3 3                                                 

166 poco a coco cresc. 207 3   3 Ssibaji                     Bo - dy and soul Brought forth from my

Madame   Kim             Now. Quick - ly 3                 

                         

209 3  Ssibaji                          bo - dy In - fused with my 3 3 3 Madame        Kim                  See that she's kept qui - et 3 3 3 3                                               3 3                                

167 211   Ssibaji              soul His soul is a mf Madame  Kim           Now. Quickly.

                                      3 3 3 3 3 3

                               

ff 213       Ssibaji           gift from the gods and me.

3 3 Madame    Kim           See that it's done.                                  3 3 3 mf 3 3 3 3 3 3                                      

168 Madame Kim, Jong-Sun Kim, and Hae-Ja turn to exit. The reluctant, but obedient Eun-Jae follows them. As Eun-Jae turns back to look at Ssibaji one last time, his Uncle pushes him out of the room.

      216                                                   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                     

219 3 3                                   sfz ff

                                                      ff   3 3 3                     

169 2 male servants enter: q = 56 (an ominous Slowly moving 222 SILENCE) ff 3 3 Ssibaji                             Wait! He's com-ing back.

                     mp 3 3 3 3 3 3                               

225 3 3 Ssibaji                    Wait! Give me a mo - ment He's

               3 3 3 3 3 3                           

170 227 3 3 Ssibaji                              com - ing I know his com- ing. Eun-Jae is a

                 3 3 3 3 3 3                            

229 free recit. 3 Ssibaji                                 man of his word. Hewould nev - er des - ert me I

           

3 3 3                   

232 3 3 3 3 Ssibaji                                  gave him a son. Wait!! I beg you. Wait. He will

236 3 3 3 3 Ssibaji                            save me... Wait!! I want my son!! Ah-ga- ya!

171 239 3 3 Ssibaji                  Ah - ga - ya! Ah - ga - ya!

On another part of the stage, They drag her away Hae-Ja turns to Eun-Jae 242 q = 60 Ssibaji         [Spoken] Give me my son! Ahgaya!!! (cold, proud, glad) mp  Hae-Ja              Look                              

245 3 3 3 Hae-Ja                   Look how per - fect he is He has your moth - er's eyes                       

172 248 mf 3 3    Hae-Ja                And my fath - er's hands He is a

251 3 3 Hae-Ja                                  proud son of a proud fam i-ly He is a gift from                    mp                                    

254 3 3 3   3 Hae-Ja                           God He will car - ry our fam - i - ly in - to

                                                

                      

173 f 256 3 3 Hae-Ja                    fu - ture An un brok - en line

                                               

                       

258 mf Hae-Ja                  son to son to son                              

                

(cold, proud, glad) 260 mp END  3 Hae-Ja                  Look Lookhow per-fect he is [Spoken] Our beautuful boy

        

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