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Performance by Lorina Gore, Jud Arthur, Silvia Colloca, Catherine Bouchier, Nicholas Jones, David Hamilton, Barry Ryan, Peter Coleman-Wright from the CD Dracula |
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Work Overview
Dracula, an opera in 3 acts, is a serious treatment of the essential scenes from the original Bram Stoker novel. The 8 voice types required are high soprano, soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, 2 baritones and bass (or bass-baritone).
There is a version with full orchestra, and a chamber version
with 10-piece ensemble.
The orchestral writing is virtuosic for all instruments. The
musical style is easy to understand, often romantic and lyrical,
yet containing many dissonant sections closely connected with the
stage events. I consider this opera to be my most important work.
Work Details
Year: 2009
Instrumentation: 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, bass-baritone. Version with chamber ensemble: flute (low Bb foot joint required), clarinet, horn, trombone, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, bass (with low C extension). Version with full orchestra: piccolo/alto flute, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, strings.
Duration: 100 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: at Dracula - broadcast premiere (n/a (broadcast)) on 9 Oct 2019
Originally composed in 1991 and titled "The Un-Dead". Extensively revised and extended, and re-titled in 2009.
The libretto is by David Stanhope, although much is taken from the Bram Stoker novel, which is in the public domain.
Performances of this work
9 Oct 2019: at Dracula - broadcast premiere (n/a (broadcast)).
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