George Walker :: Orpheus


 

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Walker, George
1922-2018
(b Washington, DC, 27 June 1922; d Montclair, NJ, 23 August 2018). American
Orpheus <1994>
four speakers (ampd)
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Speakers should be positioned unseen: Narrator (baritone), Orpheus (tenor) Hades (bass) & Eurydice (soprano); short statements for "chorus" performed by the 3 male speakers above, or by 3 additional male voices.
The 6 sections performed attacca.
1. Orpheus, my son, I give to thee...
2. A Song for Eurycide
3. The Underworld
4. The Ascent from the Underworld
5. Eurycide disappears into the darkness
6. Orpheus persued by Ciconian women–Orpheus dies