The composer Ricky Ian Gordon and the librettist Leonard Foglia wrote this chamber opera specifically for the beloved mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, who performed the premiere in Houston in 2014 three years after retiring from the opera stage. Ms. Von Stade will be featured in a concert performance of the work, adapted from a Horton Foote play, a portrait of a 90-year-old widow reflecting on her life in the small town of Egypt, Tex.