Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Peter Lieberson
Ashoka's Dream (1997)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- 2(pic).2.2(bcl).1+cbn/4.3(in C).2+btbn.1/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str
- SATB chorus
- 13 Vocal Soloists: Bar, B, T, T, B, B, T, Bar, S, Mz, S, S, Mz, A
- 1 hr 40 min
- English
Programme Note
Cast List:
ASHOKA, Emperor of lndia: High Baritone
LAKSHMI, Queen of India: Soprano
TRIRAKSHA, Queen of India: Mezzo-Soprano
GIRIKA: Tenor
Four Ministers:
CANKYA, Prime Minister: Bass
RAGA: Tenor
KRODA: Baritone
MADU: Bass
Four Elements (Earth, Water, Fire & Air): 2 Sopranos, Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto
SAGE: Baritone
Chorus
Synopsis:
The story of Ashoka Maurya, a 3rd-century B.C. king of India and the only ruler to unify India until the 19th century A.D. The opera focuses on Ashoka’s transformation from angry, isolated young conqueror to enlightened ruler. His revolutionary approach to government was based on a justice code whose central principles were universal tolerance, generosity, compassion, and nonaggression. Ashoka’s Dream imagines events in the ruler’s life, and in the lives of those close to him before, during, and after his transformation.
ASHOKA, Emperor of lndia: High Baritone
LAKSHMI, Queen of India: Soprano
TRIRAKSHA, Queen of India: Mezzo-Soprano
GIRIKA: Tenor
Four Ministers:
CANKYA, Prime Minister: Bass
RAGA: Tenor
KRODA: Baritone
MADU: Bass
Four Elements (Earth, Water, Fire & Air): 2 Sopranos, Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto
SAGE: Baritone
Chorus
Synopsis:
The story of Ashoka Maurya, a 3rd-century B.C. king of India and the only ruler to unify India until the 19th century A.D. The opera focuses on Ashoka’s transformation from angry, isolated young conqueror to enlightened ruler. His revolutionary approach to government was based on a justice code whose central principles were universal tolerance, generosity, compassion, and nonaggression. Ashoka’s Dream imagines events in the ruler’s life, and in the lives of those close to him before, during, and after his transformation.
