Glanert, Detlev: Der Engel auf dem Schiff (The Angel on the Ship) op. 31 (1995) 15'
Chamber opera based on a text by Thornton Wilder
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto by Thornton Wilder; German version by Herbert Herlitschka (E,G)
Scoring
S,T,Bar; fl.cl-hn-perc(1):2susp.cym(sm,lg)/sizzle cym/flexatone/crot/glsp/3wdbl(sm,med,lg)/BD/tam-t-gtr(ampl)-pft-vla.vlc.db.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
5/16/1995
Theater (Concordia), Bremen
Mark Daniel Hirsch, director / Bremer Theater / Catherine Rückwardt
Programme Note Deutsch
Der Engel auf dem Schiff is the third of the Three Water Plays (Drei Wasserspiele) by Detlev Glanert, three chamber operas based on the ‘Three-Minute Plays’ by Thornton Wilder, to be performed separately or as a trilogy.
A programme note on the Three Water Plays can be found here.
Press Quotes
"Jazzy overtones and song forms rose to the top as Wilder’s shipwrecked trio sought salvation by worshipping their figurehead, only to abandon her once rescue loomed. This was fun.”
The Times
Chamber opera based on a text by Thornton Wilder
Music Text Deutsch
Libretto by Thornton Wilder; German version by Herbert Herlitschka (E,G)
Scoring
S,T,Bar; fl.cl-hn-perc(1):2susp.cym(sm,lg)/sizzle cym/flexatone/crot/glsp/3wdbl(sm,med,lg)/BD/tam-t-gtr(ampl)-pft-vla.vlc.db.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
5/16/1995
Theater (Concordia), Bremen
Mark Daniel Hirsch, director / Bremer Theater / Catherine Rückwardt
Programme Note Deutsch
Der Engel auf dem Schiff is the third of the Three Water Plays (Drei Wasserspiele) by Detlev Glanert, three chamber operas based on the ‘Three-Minute Plays’ by Thornton Wilder, to be performed separately or as a trilogy.
A programme note on the Three Water Plays can be found here.
Press Quotes
"Jazzy overtones and song forms rose to the top as Wilder’s shipwrecked trio sought salvation by worshipping their figurehead, only to abandon her once rescue loomed. This was fun.”
The Times
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