ACT IX — LAMENT ARIA

"Cordelia Memorial Lament"

Year2260

RoleCordelia Wren · Contralto

GenerationVIII

Phase— overture —

WREN LINEAGE — 8 GENERATIONS

I · 2024Mara Wren — the founder

II · 2057Edmund Wren — the cartographer

III · 2089Iris Wren — the surveyor

IV · 2121Tobias Wren — the archivist

V · 2156Beatrice Wren — the conductor

VI · 2189Silas Wren — the keeper

VII · 2221Magdalen Wren — the historian

VIII · 2260Cordelia Wren — the lamenter

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Brimsworth Opera · Round 29 · Act IX

BRIMSWORTH

Round 29 · Act IX — Memorial Lament

Cordelia Wren · Contralto · Anno 2260

Two hundred thirty-six autumns since the founding. A solo cellist holds the leitmotif of the Wren line as Cordelia, eighth in her generation, kneels at the R21 plaque to offer the memorial aria.

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