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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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14 C. 90 CHILD e» e frustrated e» e 6 8 4 Not me again! . 90 j . . ‰ Œ e» e & œw œ œ œ . ‰ Œ œ . œ . œ . œ b œ œ . œ œ e» e 6 8 4 J P ? b œ b œ 6 8 4 b œ b œ œ œ œ œ b œ b œ b œ b œ œ œ œ œ b œ ‰ b œ n œ œ b œ n œ b œ b œ n œ ‰ œ b œ n œ w œ œ # œ œ œ œ # œ # œ 94 & ? 99 & & # # j f œ . œ . œ n œ Œ . > œ ‰ j j # œ n œ œ # œ ‰ ‰ # œ œ œ œ œ e» e # # œ ˙ œ . ‰ œ œ œ P 3 œ œ # œ n œ œ # œ n œ 6 8 6 8 œ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ˙ .( ) œ . n œ œ œ . œ œ ˙ œ . œ œ # œ . œ œ # œ e» e ? 6 8 6 8 œ J Œ œ > . b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ e» e & 4 4 b . b œ n b b œ œ œ œ Ó ‰ œ œ J # œ œ œ # œ œ w n œ # n œ œ > . œ œ b œ œ œ e» e 4 4 f n œ œ œ # œ n œ œ # œ n œ ˙ . w n . . . n > n # œ œ œ œ # Œ œ ‰ J j ‰ ‰ J œ œ œ . b œ n œ œ b œ e» e 6 8 6 8 V. of C. 103 V 103 & ? 6 8 6 8 6 8 ˙Ÿ . ( b œ) # œ . œ œ œ . œ b œ D e» e 2 D e» e 2 2 h = 60 h = 60 b b b . j ‰ Œ œw . œ ‰ Œ J for online perusal only The Child runs onstage, retrieves it and runs off stage again. A third time the ball flies on stage with the Child in pursuit. This time the Child picks up the ball and stops. During the next section, the Child pantomimes while Voice of Child, seated downstage right, sings the Child's lines. . . . j ‰ Œ œ œ œw œ . œ . b b . b œ ‰ Œ J f Œ œ . . j ‰ Œ œ œ œ . œ . œ . p b . b b œ ‰ Œ J VOICE OF CHILD ˙ Why me? œ . œ . œ . œ . Œ œ ˙ œ . ‰ Œ œ . œ . J b . b œ ‰ Œ œ . œ . J

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