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- Virgil Thomson
Four Saints in Three Acts (1934)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 1111/2110/perc/harm.acn/str
- SATB chorus; ballet
- 2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzo sopranos, 2 Tenors, Baritone, 2 Basses
- 1 hr 30 min
- Libretto by Gertrude Stein
- English
Programme Note
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Synopsis:
Fictional but typical incidents from the lives of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Ignatius Loyola and of imaginary St. Settlement and St. Chavez.
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Synopsis:
Fictional but typical incidents from the lives of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Ignatius Loyola and of imaginary St. Settlement and St. Chavez.
Reviews
Robert Wilson's stunning new production of Four Saints in Three Acts baffled and delighted an appreciative audience. Stein's language is always simple but baffling; Thomson's music is tonal, melodic, nostalgic but jagged and suspended...But it adds up. Stein and Thomson would have loved it. Opera, like religion, can be fun, even witty, they seem to be saying. Or successful.
