Volume VII. Opera:
underlined means that a full or partial recording is available on this website. (39 hours: 43#)
underlined means that a full or partial recording is available on this website. (39 hours: 43#)
Book I: Full length: medium size orchestra:
1. Hamlet: 3 acts: 2.5 hours: 6-7 singers, C, S, A(B), Ct/b T, b, B, pno. or orch. (Shakespeare);
2. Edward II: 2 acts; 2.5 hours; C, T, T, b. B, (B), N, pno,. ens. or orch. (Marlowe);
3. King Lear: 90 minutes 5-7 singers: C, S, M/Ct/b, T, BA; N, pno. or orch. (Shakespeare);
4. The Balcony: 2 acts; 2 hours & 13 minutes; 4-13 singers: M; 4S, 4T, 4B, pno. or orch. (Genet).
Book II: Opera Cycles: ensembles & medium size orchestra:
1. When Animals Speak: 2 hours?, 4-8 singers, pno. or orch.
Parrot I: The Swallow & The Prince: 45 minutes; 4-6 singers, pno. ens. or orch. (Wilde).
Parrot II: (3) Aesop's Fables: 25 minute opera set: 4 singers, pno. or orch. (Aesop).
Parrot III: Reigning Cats and Dogs: 10#: SS AA TT BB; 2 N (cats), pno.; not orchestrated; (Walther);
2. Moratorium: 3 operas: 2 hours & 6 minutes; S A T B soloists & chorus, pno, or orch.
1. Antigon: 75 minutes: S A T B soloists & chorus, pno. or orch.: (Sophocles)
2. Daniel: 32 minutes: S T B soloists & chorus, pno. or orch. (anon. tr. u.c.)
3. Jepthah's Daughter: 19 minutes: S (B),chorus; pno., ensemble or orch, (dancers) (Hillyer )
3. Three Religious Operas; 2 hours; 7 singers, chorus, & ens.
1. The Other Wise Man: 45 minutes: singers: SSAABB, chorus, fl., bn., hrp. & hand bells or pno. (van Dyke)
2. Ritual: 17 minutes & 20 seconds: S M A T B soloists & chorus, fl., hn., vc., or pno.. (Hubbard)
3. The Masque of The Witches: 40+ minutes; S S M T Bb B; N; S A T B chorus; opt. dancers; pno. or orch..
4. Odds & Endings: 1 hour & 6 minutes; 4 soloists, pno, or ens. & orch.
1. Kali: 14 minutes: S M B; w. w. perc., hrp., vln., pno.:
2. Sineater: 19 minutes: 6 (or less) singers, actor, vla. or vc. or, pno.;
3. Eye of Carrot: 11-12 minutes: S B, pno. or various ens.: perc., str.... or pno,;
4. Birthday on The Moon: 21 minutes & 25 seconds; SATB, pno, or; orch. (Mussorgsky/Pushkin quote: Russian);
5. Four Philosophic Operas: untimed; pno.; 6-7 singers (fachs & genders flexible):
1. Cannon Law: 10 #; 1-6 singers & pno.;
2. Egg: 10 #; 7 singers & pno,;
3. Philosophy of Not-Knowing: 9#; 6 singer, pno.;
4. New Hope Christian Fellowship..: 6 #; 12 actors, 2 singers & pno. Needs cutting!
Book III: Children's Fairy Tales: singers, dancers, piano, flute & guitar or orch.:
1. Alice in Wonderland: pno. (or med. orch.: incomplete); 90 min. C S A T b b B actors (Carroll);
2. Through the Looking-glass: pno. (or med. orch.: incomplete); 60 min. C S A T b actors (Carroll);
3. Pinocchio: 22#; 60 min. S bB, fl. & guit. N (withheld) ballet with songs (Collodi);
4. Whinnie-the-Pooh: 90 min. S M T T B N, pno. or fl. & guit., actors (Milne).
5. The Island Curse: 12#; S A T B, pno..; (Walther).
6. The Bunny Wars: 12#; S A T B, pno. (or med. orch.: incomplete) (Walther).