from Act I, Scene 3 of the English opera
Blake by Leslie Adams
Libretto: Daniel Mayers
Role: Miranda, slave on a southern plantation, wife of Blake
Voice Part: soprano
Setting: a plantation in the Deep South, the United States, early 1860s
Synopsis: After her master decides to give her to Isabella Ballard which will separate her from her husband Blake, Miranda prays for deliverance from bondage.