AmeliaIn the new opera Amelia, a first time mother to be, whose psyche has been scarred by the loss of her pilot father in Vietnam, must break free from anxiety to embrace healing and renewal for the sake of her husband and child. Set against a thirty year period from the 1960s to the 1990s, the story interweaves one womans emotional journey, the American experience in Vietnam, and elements of myth and history to explore our fascination with flight and the