Theatre, Opera, Soundtrack

Click for more info Title Date Language/text Duration circa… Forces
Sumerian Opera Battle! 2020 Sumerian

Text: ‘Engardu the fool’ = OETCSL 5.4.11, ‘Diatribe Against Engar-dug

2’20” Twitter ‘opera’: 2 mezzo-sops, computer keyboard
The Poor Man of Nippur

Soundtrack to the film by Cambridge Archaeology

2018 Akkadian

Text: ‘The Poor Man of Nippur’, C8th B.C.E.

22′ Soundtrack: lyre, vln., vc., 3 mezzo-sops, perc.
People Watch image People Watch! 2015 English

Libretto by Bill Bankes-Jones, co-written with the Streetwise Opera performers

 

40′ Chamber opera: string quartet, folk singer, chorus + flexible solos
erectie Rustico & Alibech 2013 Italian

Text: from The Decameron (Day 3, Story 10) by Giovanni Boccaccio, C14th

9′ Theatrical concert piece: SATB solo voice ensemble
hqdefault Estat ai en Greu Cossirier 2009 Occitan

Text: La Comtesse de Die, C12th

7′ Theatrical concert piece: AB
Luqiu Dust in Space 2007 Mandarin, English

Text: from The Collected Poems of Cold Mountain, ed./trans. Red Pine

50′ Chamber opera: Javanese gamelan, string quartet, perc., SSASSA chorus, STBB solos