Ades, Thomas: Tempest, The (vocal score) / Faber Music

Length: 256 pages

Publisher: Faber Music

Item number: 0571522084

ISMN: 9780571522088 / 978-0571522088

Terjedelem: 256 oldal

Kiadó: Faber Music

Katalógusszám: 0571522084

With The Tempest Thomas Ades composed one of most striking and successful opera of recent years. From the turbulent orchestral prelude with which it begins to Ariel's stratospheric yet ethereal ‚Five fathoms deep' and the radiant quintet of reconciliation in its final act, its composer conjures up a wholly compelling musical world. Responding to librettist Meredith Oake's clear, unfussy refashioning of Shakespeare into formalised rhyme schemes, Ades has created a new kind of tonal language that is both direct and communicative but also indelibly contemporary.