La Commedia
(2004 - 08)Major roles: S,female voice,male voice; Small roles: from the chorus; chorus (SATB); children's chorus;
3(I,II=picc).2.2.bcl.dbcl.0-2.2.2.0-perc(2):glsp/vib/tam-t/gong/xyl/4wdbl/2bongo/
SD/BD/3brake dr/timp/chimes/log dr/3tplbl/lg lion's roar/2tom-t/2cyms-2pft-cimb-gtr-bass gtr-strings(vln/vlc/db: min 3.3.2)
Performance of this work requires a CD, 'Soundscapes', to be played. This is included with the hire set.
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Boosey & Hawkes
“…the distillation of a lifetime’s creativity... There is nothing ethereal about this opera. Its questing vigour is of a materialist, Brechtian, Godardian kind. It relishes the mixture of media, musical quotations and parody, intellectual subtexts and ironic commentary while remaining spunkily itself — a brilliant, new-fangled circus."
Sunday Times
Dutch National Opera/Asko|Schönberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw
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Nonesuch 534877 (2CDs and DVD)
