VWV 51 · Duet · 2024 ·
The Keeper and the Drowned
Operatic Scene — with Isabella Laurent
- Catalogue
- VWV 51
- Form
- Operatic Scene
- Scoring
- Baritone, soprano & orchestra
- Composed
- 2024
- Duration
- 11:05
A confrontation scene between a lighthouse keeper and the drowned woman who returns each night to argue him down from his tower. His grounded refusals and her rising, beckoning line collide before the tide of the orchestra pulls them, unresolved, apart again at dawn.
From The Laurent Duets · NV-009
Performance materials +
- Forces
- Baritone, soprano & orchestra
- Tessitura
- Baritone solo (G2–F4)
- Materials
- Full score, Study score, Set of orchestral parts
- Availability
- On hire · Voss Editions
- Grade
- Advanced — professional ensemble
- ISMN
- 979-0-706051-357-7
