Opera Without Words

for orchestra

orchestre

Edition: Matériel d'exécution

Demande de location

Détails du produit

Description

Opera Without Words is a music drama about some of the fascinating people I have known. In beginning to compose this work, I found myself reviewing the differences and similarities between a concerto for an orchestra and an opera. As a result, I approached this new orchestral work as I would an opera; I hired a librettist, Irene Dische, and set her words not to voices but to musical instruments, unfettered by considerations of vocal range and technique. When I finished the opera with words, I removed the text, leaving but a few traces and artifacts of the deleted libretto in the score. Tobias Picker

Orchestral Cast

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Contenu

I The Beloved
II The Minstrel
III The Idol
IV The Gladiator
V The Farewell

Plus d'infos

Titre:

Opera Without Words

for orchestra

Edition:

Matériel d'exécution

Maison d'édition:

Schott Helicon Music Corporation

Year of composition:

2015

Durée:

25 ′

Première:

10 mars 2016 · Washington, DC (USA)
The Kennedy Center, Concert Hall
Musikalische Leitung: Christoph Eschenbach · National Symphony Orchestra

Travaux commandés :

Co-Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, Christoph Eschenbach, Music Director, through a grant from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for New Orchestral Works, and by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, Music Director