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Alexander Goehr (Composer) | Alexander Goehr (Librettist) | Motokiyo Zeami (Author of original text)
Kantan
text by the composer after Zeami
part one from "Kantan and Damask Drum", a Japanese Opera, op. 67
Product Details
Description
In Kantan, a young man drifting about and seeking a meaning to life takes shelter from a storm in a cottage where he finds a magic pillow. Falling asleep he dreams that he is an emperor in a magnificent palace. But as the dream turns to a nightmare, days and nights and the seasons of the year seem to go by faster and faster until the young man, horrified, rushes back to his bed to wake up. He has now learned the futility of ambition: life is here and now. He goes back home.
Orchestral Cast
3perc(tabor [ten d], cimbalini [high pitched pair of temple cymbals], 3wdbl, slapstick, 2tri, sm gong, xylorimba, vib, glsp, crot, ant cym, clav, musical saw)-hp-sampler(AKAI S6000)*-str(6-12vn.va.vc) (if performed in a larger theatre the string body can be expanded)
*samples, programmed by Paul Arditti, available on hire
*samples, programmed by Paul Arditti, available on hire
Cast
Rosei, a young man · tenor - A woman, the housekeeper · mezzo-soprano - An envoy · baritone - A courtier · bass - male voices, 2 tenors, 2 baritones (may double with Envoy and Courtier) - a boy dancer, 2 porters bearing a palanquin (non-singing roles)
More Information
Title:
Kantan
text by the composer after Zeami
part one from "Kantan and Damask Drum", a Japanese Opera, op. 67
German translation by Bernhard Helmich
Language:
German, English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1997 - 1998
Duration:
35 ′0 ′′
Commissioned work :
commissioned by Theater Dortmund with funds provided by the Kultursekretariat NRW
Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LSL 1844-02
Manufacturer:
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