A Cast, and First Rehearsal 10/13/2008
I finally have a complete cast for Magnum Opus! I'm really excited about it. It's basically the cast of one of the opreras I music directed this past summer, plus one more baritone. It's even the same director as the other opera! CommentsLeave a Reply | CategoriesAll I've re-thought what I'm doing with the song cycle. It's going to be slightly more Rorem-esque in scope than I had originally planned, but I think it'll still go fairly quickly.
The song cycle is now called "Love is Not the Last Room," a line from the last poem of the set. It will be for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, with a piano accompaniment. Each singer will have 3 solos. There is also a finale quartet, and there will be an intro and a few transitions with various groupings of the singers based on material from the quartet. All in all there will be 18 movements, but many are around a minute long. I have three pieces done so far- "Oh, Every Day that Dawns" (soprano... previously written, but recycled for this), "A Cry" (soprano), "Singers" (tenor). I'm also pretty much done with the vocal line for the final quartet- it just needs some tweaking and for the piano part to be fleshed out. Several other songs are sketched out a bit, too. More details once I have them!  The BlogHere I'll write about what I'm working on, how it's going, what I'm listening to, or anything that seems to pop into my head. ArchivesAugust 2010 |
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