VWV 45 · Solo Vocal · 2024 ·
The Empty Throne
Dramatic Monologue
- Catalogue
- VWV 45
- Form
- Dramatic Monologue
- Scoring
- Baritone & piano
- Composed
- 2024
- Duration
- 5:26
A scena for an exiled king addressing the empty throne room he can never re-enter, half memory and half delusion. Voss drives the baritone through Verdian declamation and sudden interior collapse, the orchestra-shadowed piano lurching between command and ruin.
From Art Songs & Arias · NV-003
Performance materials +
- Forces
- Baritone & piano
- Tessitura
- Baritone (G2–F4); soprano (C4–B5) where indicated
- Materials
- Voice & piano score
- Availability
- On sale · Voss Editions
- Grade
- Intermediate–Advanced — recital
- ISMN
- 979-0-706045-315-1
