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Sheet Music: ScoreKarna : opera in three acts / text and music by Nicholas Routley.by Nicholas Routley (2018)
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Karna is the second opera in my operatic trilogy, Mahabharata, which will consist of a Prologue, the operas Draupadi (completed in 2014), Karna, and Krishna (yet to be composed). The whole story describes the rivalry between two branches of a ruling family in ancient India, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, and culminates in a terrible war. Just before this war the sacred text of the "Baghavad Gita" is given by Krishna to Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers.
The Prologue is written from the point of view of the refugees from this war, which is then described, with the events leading up to it, by Draupadi (the wife of five of the Pandava brothers), Karna (the sixth and eldest Pandava brother), and the divine Krishna.
Karna is brought up as a Sudra (low caste) but finds out, in a beautiful duet with his mother Kunti, that he is the eldest of the Pandava brothers, and therefore of the Kshatriya (warrior) caste. His conflict is between the truth of his birth and his sworn loyalty to the other branch of the family, the Kauravas.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (372p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — This work is conceived for a professional opera company
Duration: 170 min.
In 2 volumes.
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Includes synopsis.
The libretto of this work is composed by Nicholas Routley, following various redactions of the Indian epic 'Mahabharata'.
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with the work:
The musical style includes a great many elements. These range from music of the fifteenth century to the twentieth century, especially Renaissance and nineteenth century styles, but excluding high modernism. Influences include operas by composers such as Mozart, Wagner, Puccini, Berg, and Britten, as well as Brett Dean's Bliss and Hamlet.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 15 Feb 19.
ISMN: 9790673110106
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