English Language Operas - the Theodore Presser Company
English Language Operas - the Theodore Presser Company
English Language Operas - the Theodore Presser Company
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE OPERAS<br />
The Stronger<br />
After <strong>the</strong> play by August Strindberg<br />
Libretto by Richard Hart<br />
Publisher: <strong>Theodore</strong> <strong>Presser</strong> <strong>Company</strong><br />
Chamber Opera<br />
Monodrama<br />
Opera without chorus<br />
Estelle meets a friend in a bar after shopping, and as she drinks, chatters her way into revealing a darker<br />
side of her character. Lisa, <strong>the</strong> friend, remains silent and lets her run on without comment, but her<br />
enigmatic smile at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> opera perhaps reveals more than words ever could.<br />
The Tenor<br />
Cast: Soprano, mute female part, Waiter, Patrons (optional)<br />
Dur: 25’<br />
Instr: Eb AltoSax.(BfCl./EfCl.) Ten.Sax.(BfCl. B.Cl.), Tpt. 1Vln. 1Vla. 1Vcl. 1Cb. Pno.<br />
Sale: Vocal Score 411-41090<br />
Opera without chorus<br />
Opera in one act<br />
Libretto by Karl Shapiro and Ernst Lert, based on “Der Kammersänger” by Frank Wedekind<br />
Publisher: <strong>Theodore</strong> <strong>Presser</strong> <strong>Company</strong><br />
Gerardo, a flamboyant dramatic tenor at <strong>the</strong> peak of his career, imagines himself to be of <strong>the</strong> same heroic<br />
fibre off stage as well, which involves him in a series of entanglements with his many feminine admirers,<br />
producing tragic results.<br />
Cast: Dramatic Soprano, Lyric Soprano (spinto), Dramatic Tenor, Tenor (buffo),<br />
Baritone, Bass-Baritone<br />
Dur: 70’<br />
Instr: 1(Picc.) 1(E.H.) 2(EfCl./ B.Cl.) 1 - 2 1 1 0; Perc.(Timp.) Pno. Str.(Viola divisi)<br />
Vocal Score published: 441-41001<br />
Will You Marry Me?<br />
Opera in one act<br />
Libretto by Charles Kondek<br />
Publisher: <strong>Theodore</strong> <strong>Presser</strong> <strong>Company</strong><br />
“A deliciously paradoxical character study of two marriageable schemers… a martini-dry thirties urban<br />
tone… and rapier musical wit.” [Peter G. Davies, New York Magazine]<br />
Cast: Soprano, Baritone<br />
Dur: 25’<br />
Instr: Cl./Sop.Sax. Cl./AltoSax. Bsn. Hn. Timp. Pno. Perc. 2Vln. 1Vla. 1Vcl. 1Cb.<br />
Welcher, Dan (b. 1948)<br />
Chamber Opera<br />
Opera without chorus<br />
A Star Over Fifth Avenue<br />
Two short operas to be performed separately, or toge<strong>the</strong>r as “A Star Over Fifth Avenue”.<br />
“Della’s Gift” is set at <strong>the</strong> beginning in <strong>the</strong> early 1900s, and is based on <strong>the</strong> O. Henry story, “The Gift<br />
of <strong>the</strong> Magi.” “Holy Night” is an original story by librettist Paul Woodruff, and imagines a story taking<br />
place in <strong>the</strong> same apartment 100 years later, at <strong>the</strong> beginning of <strong>the</strong> 21st century. Both operas deal with<br />
<strong>the</strong>mes of love and its trials.<br />
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