WORKS - Opera / Oratorio

Title
Instrumentation Duration Audio Sample
Heart of a Soldier
(premiere on September 10, 2011)		 Libretto by Donna Di Novelli
Francesca Zambello, director
Thomas Hampson, William Burden- lead roles
San Francisco Opera/ Patrick Summers, conducting
Siddhartha
(premiere in the 2013-14 season)		 Libretto by Patrick Summers, based on the novel by Hermann Hesse
David Pountney, director
Houston Grand Opera/ Patrick Summers, conducting 		   
       
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The Refuge (2007)
Libretto by Leah Lax
For soloists, chorus, orchestra, and several non-Western ensembles
Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera		 ca. 90' Excerpt 1, Prologue  (1'13)
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Excerpt 2, Africa A  (2'08)
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Excerpt 3, Africa B  (1'23)
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Excerpt 4, Vietnam A  (2'19)
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Excerpt 5, Vietnam B (South Vietnamese National Anthem)  (1'36)
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Excerpt 6, Mexico  (1'17)
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Excerpt 7, Pakistan  (1'35)
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Excerpt 8, India  (1'23)
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Excerpt 9, Soviet-Era Jewish  (0'39)
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Excerpt 10, Central America  (4'39)
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Libretto by Leah Lax
Houston Grand Opera
Albina Shagimuratova, Rebekah Camm, sopranos
Faith Sherman, Jamie Barton, mezzo-sopranos
Beau Gibson, tenor
Liam Bonner, baritone
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Philip Evbomoen, tenor soloist
Julie Trinh Dang, dan bau and dan tranh
Ali Durrani, Qawwali singer
Chandrakantha Courtney, sitars
David Courtney, tabla
Giridahar Kalamanglam, Samhitha Murthy, tanpuras
Vadim Angerov, bayan
Gifted and Talented Vocal Ensemble;
Spanish Choir, Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral Chorus,
Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
Patrick Summers, conducting

       
The Thirteen Clocks (2002)
An opera in two acts
Based on the James Thurber story,
The Thirteen Clocks Libretto by Peter Webster.
Commissioned by the Moores School of Music		 ca. 120'  
       
The Invention of Music (2001)
After the Sophocles Satyr Play, The Ichneutiae
Libretto by William M. Hoffman For soloists, chorus, orchestra, rock singer and band, and dancers (may be performed in concert or stage version)
Commissioned by the Brooklyn Philharmonic		 ca. 40' Excerpt 1  (1'35)
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Excerpt 2  (0'36)
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Excerpt 3  (1'55)
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Excerpt 4  (1'59)
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Excerpt 5  (1'05)
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Excerpt 6  (2'28)
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Libretto by William M. Hoffman based on a Sophocles Satyr Play. Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Nathaniel Webster, tenor; Earle Patriarco, bass-baritone
Brooklyn Philharmonic/Robert Spano, conducting

       

 

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