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Picture a day like this (text for music) Voice - Sheet Music

Picture a Day like This is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The 60-minute opera is cast in seven scenes and scored for five voices (S-S-MS-Ct-Bar) and twenty-two instrumentalists. It premiered at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2023, with the composer conducting.Picture a Day like This tells the story of a Woman (mezzo-soprano) who has lost her child; if she can meet one truly happy person before nightfall, they will return to life. In her search she meets a pair of lovers, a Composer and their assistant, an Artisan, Collector, and the mysterious Zabelle. Benjamin's music meets Crimp's text to create a bittersweet fable on grief and renewal.

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Details

Instrument:
Voice
Genres:
Opera
Publishers:
Faber Music
ISBN:
9780571543069
Format:
Collection / Songbook Libretti
Item types:
Physical
Usages:
School and Community
Shipping Weight:
0.25 pounds

Voice

SKU: AP.12-0571543065

Composed by George Benjamin. Performance Music Ensemble; Vocal; Vocal (Opera) Libretto. Opera. Book. Faber Music #12-0571543065. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571543065).

ISBN 9780571543069. English.

Picture a Day like This is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The 60-minute opera is cast in seven scenes and scored for five voices (S-S-MS-Ct-Bar) and twenty-two instrumentalists. It premiered at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2023, with the composer conducting.

Picture a Day like This tells the story of a Woman (mezzo-soprano) who has lost her child; if she can meet one truly happy person before nightfall, they will return to life. In her search she meets a pair of lovers, a Composer and their assistant, an Artisan, Collector, and the mysterious Zabelle. Benjamin's music meets Crimp's text to create a bittersweet fable on grief and renewal.

Instrument:
Vocal Voice
Publisher:
Faber Music