monodrama
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- monodramatic adjective
- monodramatist noun
Etymology
Origin of monodrama
Example Sentences
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Sellars had long proposed the curious combining of Schoenberg’s “Erwartung,” a violently expressionist monodrama for soprano and large orchestra, with the last movement, “Abschied,” of Mahler’s song-symphony “Das Lied von der Erde.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
The newly commissioned work that followed was Kate Soper’s “Orpheus Orchestra Opus Onus,” a sensationally witty and profound monodrama about the meaning of music for amplified soprano and large orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
The one-act monodrama by composer Tom Cipullo is based on the life of the legendary singer and dancer Josephine Baker.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022
The monodrama, “Where We Belong,” by and starring writer-director Madeline Sayet, launches on April 15 at Philadelphia Theatre Company, where it will run for three weeks.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
One is a concluding verse in the beautiful song that occurs in the monodrama of “Maud,” where the lover, listening in the garden, hears the steps of his beloved approaching.
From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio
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