Word: libretto
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...program began with a surrealist drama entitled strapped (music by Matthew T. O’Malley ’04 and libretto by Anthony J. Gabriele ’03) that was cast with four vocalists named simply “him,” “her,” “man” and “woman.” In strapped, a lonely figure called “him” sits head in hands on a dark stage, illuminated throughout by one misty spotlight. The “man?...
...chamber ensemble. The operas include the psychological drama “Dr. Magic,” with music by Carson P. Cooman ’04 and “Strapped,” with music by Matthew T. O’Malley ’04 and a libretto by Anthony Gabriele ’03. Through Sunday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets $6 general, $5 students (limit 2 per ID), $4 Leverett House residents, available at the Harvard Box Office...
...especially for the ART. He found Eckert, an award winning composer and lyricist who had already had several successes in New York and San Francisco and was already very well known in contemporary music circles. The two then worked on expanding Eckert’s original piece, adding a libretto as well as a plot. After reading George Lord’s work about The Odyssey’s impact on modern society, Woodruff noticed the parallels between his own story and Homer’s classic...
...director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and renowned director Trevor Nunn. With top tickets selling at a third of the normal Covent Garden top price of $240, the six performances of Sophie's Choice sold out immediately. Maw's first exposure to Sophie's Choice was the film, but his libretto is almost completely faithful to Styron's prose. So, he says, is his music. "It follows the rhythm and the emotional line of the text very closely. The way I would describe a lot of the music is 'lyric conversation.'" Some critics have faulted Maw for allowing the conversation...
...history has no culmination! There is always as much in front as behind. There is no libretto. History knocks at a thousand gates at every moment, and the gatekeeper is chance. ... We need wit and courage to make our way while our way is making us. ... What kind of beast is this ... this Moloch who promises us that everything will be beautiful after we're dead? A distant end is not an end but a trap. The end we work for must be closer: the labourer's wage, the pleasure in the work done, the summer lightning of personal happiness...