page_title: The Garden of Martyrs
hierarchical_section_title: The Garden of Martyrs
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo is from the 2013 performance of The Garden of Martyrs opera. In the photo Father Jean Cheverus is deciding whether to come to the aid of two imprisoned men, Daley and Halligan. It will be inserted in the Wikipedia page,The Garden of Martyrs.
context_page_description: The Garden of Martyrs is an opera with three acts by the American composer Eric Sawyer with libretto by Harley Erdman. It is based on the novel by Michael C. White. The opera is drawn from an historical event, covering the last days of Dominic Daley and James Halligan, Irish Catholic immigrants who were tried and executed in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1806 for the murder of Marcus Lyon.
  The opera has a modern resonance of the story's theme of “immigration to America and the difficulty and suspicion with which newcomers are greeted.”
  The Garden of Martyrs musically dramatizes the last five days of the men's lives. The protagonist is Father Jean Cheverus, a French immigrant priest who travels from Boston to Northampton to comfort the men—even though he believes them guilty. Cheverus’ journey of transformation is the heart of the opera.
context_section_description: The Garden of Martyrs is an opera with three acts by the American composer Eric Sawyer with libretto by Harley Erdman. It is based on the novel by Michael C. White. The opera is drawn from an historical event, covering the last days of Dominic Daley and James Halligan, Irish Catholic immigrants who were tried and executed in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1806  for the murder of Marcus Lyon.
  The opera has a modern resonance of the story's theme of “immigration to America and the difficulty and suspicion with which newcomers are greeted.”
  The Garden of Martyrs musically dramatizes the last five days of the men's lives. The protagonist is Father Jean Cheverus, a French immigrant priest who travels from Boston to Northampton to comfort the men—even though he believes them guilty. Cheverus’ journey of transformation is the heart of the opera.
caption: Father Jean Cheverus (William Hite) with James Halligan (Keith Phares) and Dominic Daley (Alan Schneider) in a scene from The Garden of Martyrs
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