A Collection of Chamber Operas
Add some drama to your programs with the following collection of captivating chamber operas. Varying in size, language and content.
More than 6 players
Blond Eckbert (pocket version) (2006) 60'
Judith Weir
Le Cyclope (1986) 90'
Betsy Jolas/Euripide
Full Moon in March (1977) 33'
John Harbison
Gállábartnit (2015) 50'
Britta Bystrüm/Rawdna Carita Eira
Gesualdo – Shadows (2014) 120'
Bo Holten/Eva Sommestad Holten
Glare (2014) 85'
Søren Niels Eichberg/Hannah Dübgen
La Hija de Rappaccini (1983) 105'
Daniel Catán/Juan Tovar
The Hunger 2016) 70'
Donnacha Dennehy/Asenath Nicholson, anon, and interviews: N. Chomsky, P. Krugman, M. Murphy, B. Milanovic, M. Vaughan
The Lighthouse (1979) 72'
Peter Maxwell Davies
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986) 70'
Michael Nyman/Christopher Rawlence
Moscow, Cheryomushki (Chamber Orchestra version) (1929) 160'
Dmitri Shostakovich/Massa and M. Chervinsky
Nine Songs (1989) 90'
Tan Dun
Ophelias: Death by Water singing (2005) 77'
Henrik Hellstenius/Cecilie Løveid
Proving Up (2017) 70'
Missy Mazzoli/Royce Vavrek
Tango (1985) 25'
Robert Xavier Rodríguez
The Wanton Sublime (2013) 30'
Tarik O'Regan/Anna Rabinowitz
Up to 6 players
Dark Sisters (2011) 90'
Nico Muhly/Stephen Karam
In the Penal Colony (2000) 80'
Philip Glass/Rudolph Wurlitzer
Ingerland (2010) 50'
Jocelyn Pook
Ivonne (2014) 20'
Nathaniel Stookey/Jerre Dye
The Mocking-Bird (2000) 28'
Thea Musgrave
The Mother of Us All (reduced orchestration (1947) 104'
Virgil Thomson/Gertrude Stein
Now (2018) 12'
Avner Dorman/John Grimmett
Nuit des Hommes (1996) 60'
Per Nørgård/Apollinaire
Silent Zone (2017) 70'
Louise Alenius
The Silver River (1997) 68'
Bright Sheng/David Henry Hwang
A Song by Mahler (2018) 100'
Mark Neikrug
Tell Tale Heart (2010) 30'
Stewart Copeland
Till Death Us Do 75'
Andy Pape/Kit Eichler
(March 2020)