The American Opera Initiative presents "Hairpiece"
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2023-2024/aoi-20-minute-operas/ On the verge of a solitary retirement, wigmaker Esther knows everything there is to know about her craft: you start by laying a lace foundation, then match the client's hair with a frontal and stitch in the wefts by hand. And yet she doesn't know how to save her studio, preserve the dying art, or find meaning in her life's work. But when an eye-…