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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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124 Everyone stops, stunned. Silence. Azul calmly extracts the Child from under the pile of red things. Perc. J. 1078 ÷ XX U Thank you. You may continue. YY 4 3 The Judge's bench goes away. Azul stands serenely in the middle of the stage. Baby Blue, Blue Weirdo, and the children quickly remove all the objects and take them offstage, leaving the Child alone with Azul. While the stage is being q = 54 N 1078 & ? XX U U YY molto legato 4 3 œ F 4 3 ‰ #˙ . q = 54 for online perusal only œ j # œ œ # œ # œ œ n œ ˙ . wind chimes ˙ . 4 8 4 8 4 8 N N Az. V. of C. Az. cleared, some of the children come from backstage and unfurl her white mantle across the entire stage to create an ocean of red. The stage is cleared of all the objects, leaving only the Child, the red ball, Voice of Child, and Azul, who is in the middle of the stage—an anchor in the sea of red. The children sit at the edges of the mantle. Drumming Group plays softly under the following exchange. 1081 & 4 8 AZUL gently helping the Child N ‰ j œ œ œ ‰ j œ œ . j œ œ Œ 4 3 N 4 4 8 4 3 4 8 4 3 1081 & ? V & & N N N4 N4 N4 ? N4 freely, recitative Get up, child. Are you all right? freely, recitative w w freely, recitative VOICE OF CHILD 1084 (hesitating) œ ‰ œ œ œ # œ # œ . œ Yes. . . freely, recitative 1084 but I'm get-ting tired of red. a tempo a tempo œ P ‰ #˙ . œ j # œ œ œ ‰Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ J # œ # œ œ n œœ œ œœ Œ œ ‰ œ r œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ Ah! Per-haps red is too an-gry for you. 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 ˙ . œ œ œ œ œ # œ a tempo (q= 54) Œ Œ ‰ a tempo (q= 54) # œ f ‰ œ j # œ œ œ œ œ b œ J I b œ N 4 N 4 p 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 N N N N
