monodrama
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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
“Eight Songs for a Mad King” is a 30-minute music-theater monodrama, written by Davies in 1969 in collaboration with the actor Roy Hart.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
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
A new Kammersymphonie and a monodrama "Erwartung" remain unpublished.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
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