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Opera
Adam & Eve (2008) 23 minutes
Two patients in a mental hospital are convinved they are Adam and Eve; they obsess over an apple and think their doctor is Satan. Written in collaboration with librettist Quincy Long as 2007/2008 Resident Artist in the American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program and mentored by Mark Adamo. Workshop performance January 7, 2008 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Symphony Space.
Scored for piano and three soloists: Sop, T, Bs or Bs Barr
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The Inferno of Dante: Canto V (2002) 18 minutes
A one act operatic setting of the Fifth Canto from Dante’s masterpiece with English translation by John Ciardi . Performed with orchestra and cast May 7, 2003 by New York City Opera during the VOX 2003: Showcasing American Composers. Scored for orchestra, two lead male roles, speaker and seven soloists; optional SATB chorus: T, Bar, Speaker, (soloists) 2Sop, 2Mz, T, Bar, B, [SATB chorus]. Pic(afl), 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, Bcl (Eb cl), 2Bn, Cbn, 4hn, 3tr (pic), 2tbn, Btbn, 2 perc, timp, pn, hp, [mandolin], strings.
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Figaro’s Last Hangover (2001) 10 minutes
A dark, operatic comedy that combines love, betrayal, beer and an intergalactic rock on a crash course with earth. Libretto by Patrick Soluri. First performed January 17, 2002 at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. Performed at Weill-Carnegie Hall on October 1st, 2009. Scored for chamber orchestra, three soloists and optional chorus: Sop, T, Bar, [SATB chorus]. Fl (pic), cl, 2hn, 2tr, Btbn, pn, 2 perc, strings.
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The Inferno: Excerpts from the Opera for Chorus and Orchestra (2001) 6 minutes
Compiled from the Overture and Dies Irae of the opera Inferno. Performed in concert by the University of Louisville Opera Workshop in October of 2001. The University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kimcherie Lloyd. Scored for full orchestra with chorus: SATB chorus, 2fl, 2ob (eh), 2cl (Bcl), 2bn, Cbn, 4hn, 2tr, 2tbn, Btbn, tba, timp, perc, strings.
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The Inferno: Scene Excerpts from the Opera (2000) 12 minutes
Performed by Manhattan Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra in the Spring of 2000 with conductor Marlon Daniel at the Great Hall of Cooper Union in NYC. Scored for chamber orchestra and four soloists: 2Sop, T, Bbar, Speaker, Fl, 2 ob, 2hn, tr(pic), perc, mandolin, harp, strings.
A Dialogue on Time Upon the New Millennium (1999) 8 minutes
An opera scene commissioned for the finale of the Manhattan School of Music Opera Studies Fall 1999 scenes program A Time Capsule, celebrating time and the new millennium. Libretto by Patrick Soluri. Performed at MSM November 19 & 21, 1999 with conductor Gary Wedow of New York City Opera & the MSM Opera Orchestra. (Performed with scenes from Don Giovani, Romeo et Juliette, Fledermaus, Rosenkavalier, Rake’s Progress and Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo.) Scored for full orchestra with a large cast of soloists doubling as various characters and the chorus: SATB chorus, 2fl(pic), 2ob, 2cl, 2bn, 4hn, 2tr, 2tbn, Btbn, timp, 2 perc, strings.
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Inferno (1999) 60 minutes
Opera in three short acts based on Dante’s masterpiece with an English verse translation/libretto by Allison Ryan. Performed with orchestra and cast at Manhattan School of Music March 19 & 21 1999 and produced by Patrick Soluri. Scored for full orchestra, optional chorus, speaker and nine soloists: T, Bbar, Speaker, (soloists) 2Sop, 2Mz, T, Bar, B, [SATB chorus]. Fl (pic), ob (eh), 2cl (Bcl), 2bn (Cbn), 2hn, tr, Btbn, tba, timp, perc, [mandolin], strings.
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