Opera

SKU: CF.CY1848F

Composed by Louise Talma. Full score. With Standard notation. Carl Fischer Music #CY1848F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CY1848F).

ISBN 9781491144404. UPC: 680160901906.

With some trepidation, Talma wrote her own libretto for the 1976 chamber opera Have You Heard? Do You Know?, a work about the Cold War and the desire for utopias (when the bomb drops, where would you run to?). For Talma, who lived a great part of her life in the hustle-bustle of Manhattan, this opera may have been reflective of her joy in spending time at the peaceful woods of the MacDowell Colony. While she referred to the opera as amusing, it may well have been autobiographical to a large extent.

Opera

SKU: HL.14014797

Composed by Hans Werner Henze. Music Sales America. Opera or Operetta. Score. Composed 2002. 362 pages. Chester Music #CH63415. Published by Chester Music (HL.14014797).

ISBN 9781844496389. 9.5x13.75x9.74 inches.

The fifteenth full Opera from the prolific Hans Werner Henze, and the first to feature a self-penned libretto. After the poems he wrote for his Songs from the Arabian, Henze has produced this unusal tale through adapting both Arab and Persian legends and invoking the same half-real, half-imaginary Arabia as the song cycle. The story itself is a fairy tale comedy with much in common with The Magic Flute. The orchestral arrangement is huge, featuring quadruple wind, five percussionists and a part for tape.

(An Extravaganza in One Act). By William Walton (1902-1983). For Opera (flute ( piccolo), oboe ( english horn), clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, harp, piano, strings quintet or full strings. Percussion: tbells, timpani, suspended cymbal, tenor drum, snare drum, crotales, 3 wood blocks, tambourine, vib). Operas and Stage Works. William Walton Edition. Miscellaneous. Vocal score. 100 pages. Duration 50'. Published by Oxford University Press