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Libby Larsen - Dreaming Blue

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Written in 2002, Dreaming Blue is the story of a child brought by family into a new culture. Unable to speak the language and not yet able to identify with the surroundings, this child is lonely – just plain lonely and just plain blue. Faced with the need to find a new way of feeling anchored, the child responds creatively to life. The opera began with the words and images of a group of students from Mountain View Elementary School. The children were asked to imagine being their favourite colour, and it was out of their writings and drawings that the characters of the opera emerged.

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B. B. rit. b œ & 3 b œ œ 3 b œ œ œ b œ Œ 1035 Œ œ b œ n œ œ Œ 3 œ œ œ b œ J ‰ Œ 117 & ? Red, red, red, red, red, red, red rit. j ‰ Œ Œ Œ Œ b œ œ b œ n œ > j œ ‰ Œ Œ Œ Œ œ œœ b œ n œ > b œ n œ You need a change j ‰ Œ Œ Œ Œ b œ > j œ ‰ Œ Œ Œ Œ œ > How a - bout puce? j œ œ . ‰ Œ Œ œ> œ > œ # > j œ ‰ Œ Œ œ . œœ> œ # œ œ> # œ > for online perusal only B. B. B. W. Blue Weirdo becomes enbarrassed and peeved. ? j ‰ Œ Œ Œ j ‰ Œ Œ Œ j œ œœ> œ # œ œ œ ‰ Œ Œ Œ œœ> œ # œ œ> œ> # œ œ > œ> . œ> # œ> & Œ Œ œ œ œ œ n œ J ‰ Œ 1036 ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ ‰ How a - bout Char-treuse? or yel-low-sau-rus-rex? Or Pret-ty Pol-ly Prin-cess Pink? BLUE WEIRDO ? b œ Œ œ Ó Red. Œ & j ‰ Œ Œ Œ j j b œ œ> œ > # œ ‰ Œ Œ Œ œ ‰ > > b œ œ > . Œ Œ Œ œ > œ > # œ B. B. B. W. 1037 & ? 1037 j & ? ‰ j œ œ œ œ . j œ œ n œ ‰ ‰ J Oh no! You're right. You ARE red. Are too! j œ J œ ‰ Œ Œ ‰ J œ J œ ‰ Œ Œ U œ F ‰ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ b œ ‰ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ > j œ œ> Am not! wow 4 4 4 4

118 During the following, Blue Weirdo pulls objects from his car. Things fly in and remain suspended in the air. One by one the children run off stage and carry red objects back, flooding the stage. Baby Blue keeps pulling things from her pockets. Both of them pile things on the Child. Everything is exaggeratedly oversized. B. W. 1038 ? 4 VV swing q= 56 (e= 112) Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b˙ I want one col - or, one col - or— a RE D 1038 & 4 ? 4 VV œ j 3 swing q= 56 (e= 112) n œ ˙ œ 3 j œ walking bass b œ œ œ œ . œ b œ . b n œ b œ (shake) ~~~~ j œ 3 3 3 j œ œ œ j œ ˙ œ œ œ . n œ P ‰ b .œ n œ ˙ . b œ b .œ œ œ œ b J ‰ ‰ b œ œ . b œ œ œ . œ b œ — 3 ‰ Ó œ . œ b œ . b n œ b œ J œ J œ œ J 3 b œ J 3 3 V. of C. 1041 V Ó VOICE OF CHILD Œ RED! B. B. & Ó BABY BLUE 3 b œ œ œ Œ Ó b œ œ œ œ Œ B. W. ? b œ œ . Œ Bur-gun - dy? he pulls out a red inner tube. Ó œ b œ Cher - ry Ó Ber-ry? Vip - er. RED for online perusal only 1041 n œ œ b œ & b n œ œ . b œ ‰ b œ . œ œ n œ b œ n b œ b œ . b œ b œ ‰ œ . œ b˙ b œ . œ œ . n œ b œ n œ j #œ œ 3 ? b œ 3 j œ œ œ b œ œ 3 J œ œ œ . # œ œ œ b œ 3 n œ b œ n œ œ

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