The Inman Diaries is an opera composed by Thomas Oboe Lee with a libretto by Jesse J. Martin.
This portrayal of Arthur Crew Inman's life, as seen through his own writings was originally adapted from Camera Obscura, a play by Lorenzo DeStefano (http://www.cameraobscuraplay.com) and The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession, edited by Professor Daniel Aaron.
He was an obsessive recluse who was committed to having his diaries published to establish his immortality.
The opera is based on a 44-year period of his life, adapted so that the decades are condensed and time loses its relevancy.
World Premiere: September 14, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts, commissioned and produced by 'Intermezzo: the New England Chamber Opera Series'.