Program Note
This piece was inspired by a novel by V.E Schwab entitled The Invisible Life ofAddie LaRue. Here is her decription of the book:
France, 1714: in a moment ofdesperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever— and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary
life ofAddie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.