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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.

DREAMING BLUE OVERTURE

DREAMING BLUE OVERTURE LIBBY LARSEN Voice of Child is seated alone, on a bare stage, downstage right. V. of C. freely flowing (q= c. 60) VOICE OF CHILD F V 4 6 ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 Œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ 4 6 I asked a lit - tle child who can - not see What is col - or like? V. of C. 3 V 4 6 œ . j œ œ œ œ , ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ J 10 4 What is col - or like? And then the lit - tle child an - swered me Why V. of C. 5 V 10 4 ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J J J œ 4 7 green is like the rust - le when the wind blows through the for - est; and V. of C. 6 V 4 7 œ . J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ J œ œ . J œ œ œ œ . œ œ Œ ‰ J œ 4 6 blue is run - ning wat - er and red is like a trum - pet sound; and accel. V. of C. 8 V 4 6 for online perusal only b˙ œ b œ œ œ b œ . b œ œ J œ J œ 3 n œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ b œ . b œ ˙ œ œ pink, pink is like the smell of ros - es; and pur - ple must be like a thund - er -storm; and V. of C. relaxed 10 œ V n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ . œ # œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ n œ J œ yel - low, yel - low is some - thing soft and warm; and white is a plea - sant still - ness when you dream, and

2 V. of C. 12 V # œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ n˙ # œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ n U ˙ J J 2 4 White is a plea - sant still - ness when you dream White is a plea - sant still - ness when you dream. . . RECORDED ON CD S A freely flowing (q= c. 60) 14 1. F & 2 4 ˙ & 2 4 I 4 6 4 6 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ asked a lit - tle child who can - not see p 4 w Ah What 1. F is col - or like? 4 Œ p w Ah p w Ah œ œ œ œ œ 4 6 4 6 T V 2 4 4 6 4 4 6 B ? 2 4 1. F˙ 4 6 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 4 6 p w Ah I asked a lit - tle child who can - not see V. of C. 17 V 4 6 Œ ‰ F VOICE OF CHILD œ J Why 10 4 S A & & 4 6 4 6 w w F˙ And Ó for online perusal only œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ ‰ then the lit - tle child an - swered me 10 4 10 4 T 1. F V 4 6 œ . j œ œ œ œ Ó 10 4 B ? 6 4 What is col - or like? w F˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . ‰ 10 4 And then the lit - tle child an - swered me