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Miss Brill : a chamber opera based on the short story by Katherine Mansfield
by Craig Brush and Ben Hoadley (2016)
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Miss Brill : a chamber opera in one act, based on the short story by Katherine Mansfield / music by Ben Hoadley ; libretto by Craig Brush.
Library shelf no. 782.1/HOA 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
From the short story by Katherine Mansfield, with a libretto by Craig Brush, the chamber opera reveals a day in the life of a lonely spinster, Miss Brill, living in a seaside town in provincial France in the 1920s, her love of music and fragile determination to remain optimistic despite the harshness of the world around her.
Work Details
Year: 2016
Instrumentation: 5 singers, clarinet, bassoon, horn, double bass, piano.
Duration: 20 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Suitable for performance by high school students. Clarinet, bassoon and horn parts may be subsituted by other instruments of similar range
First performance: 18 Feb 18. Resonate Series, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Performances of this work
18 Feb 18: Resonate Series, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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