THE VOYAGE OF DOREMI: An Opera by Alvan-Ikoku O. NWAMARA

Abstract

DOREMI is a young man who after deafens his ears to his parents’ advice against studying music; went to study music at the university and graduated a composer and a multi-instrumentalist. His father, RETI is a middle aged man who lost his two hands in a ghastly motor accident to became jobless dependent on DOREMI (his first son) for the sustenance and upkeep of his family of nine (four boys and five girls).Consequently, DOREMI is faced with lots of financial challenges as a poorly paid secondary school music teacher who also composes and performs music for various Churches and secular groups. In a bid to make ends meet, asthmatic DOREMI accepts and performs at every programme that comes his way; especially night programmes. As a result of constant exposure to cold, DOREMI was affected by a cold related ailment that claimed his life. At DOREMI’s burial, his employers and everyone regretted that their maltreatments contributed to his untimely death.