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The Canticle of the Black Madonna

Gans-Morse, Ethan (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

The Canticle of the Black Madonna is an original opera-oratorio in two acts, comprising 27 pieces for six operatic soloists, mixed chorus, and chamber orchestra. It is based on an original libretto by Tiziana DellaRovere ...
Captain: a chamber opera

Payne-Passmore, Susanna (University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)

This opera, for soprano, contralto, baritone, treble voice, and chamber orchestra, sets an original story, a meditation on gender and the effects of restrictive gender norms in a society. The narrative follows a young ...
A Lawn in the Sky

Hutchinson, Simon (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

"A Lawn in the Sky" is a musical drama in two acts on a libretto by Katherine Hollander. The piece is based on the true story of Lieutenant Onoda Hiroo, a Japanese "straggler" who refused to believe that Japan had surrendered ...
Massenet's Thaïs: A Comparison Between the Stagings in the Livret de Mise en Scène F-Pbh T 8 (1) and the Metropolitan Opera's 2008 Production

Antoinette, Alicia (University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)

The evidence found through comparing and contrasting staging manuals strongly suggests that Massenet might have been involved in the staging of his operas. Several important differences, which include the implications of ...
Musical Distance in Kaija Saariaho's "L'amour de Loin"

Choma, Gabrielle (University of Oregon, 2022-02-18)

Kaija Saariaho’s and Amin Maalouf’s 2000 opera “L’amour de Loin” has received world-wide praise and acknowledgement for their masterful storytelling, and breathtaking, fresh musical setting. In 2020, the Met offered this ...
Our Neighbor John: An Opera in Two Acts

Daly, Daniel (University of Oregon, 2023-07-06)

Our Neighbor John is a new opera that tells the story of a decorated American soldier recently returned home from combat in the Mideast. As John attempts to rejoin civilian life, he falls in love with Linnea, a farmer who ...
Repertoire Programming Decisions of Major West Coast Opera Companies in Washington, Oregon, and California

Leemon, Brittney (2017-06-06)

This graduate research project serves as a guide for emerging leaders and arts professionals in understanding the relationship between artistic programming choices of North American opera companies, and community participation ...
Song of the Most Beautiful Bird of the Forest

Ralls, Justin (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)

Song of the Most Beautiful Bird of the Forest is an English-language chamber opera scored for soprano, bass-baritone, mezzo-soprano, tenor, solo dancer, dance ensemble, and mixed instrumental ensemble of ten players. The ...
The Art of the Ensemble Opera: A Comparative Study of the Uses of Ensemble in 1790s Vienna Through W.A. Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Domenico Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto

Murphy-Geiss, Kathleen (University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)

Ensembles have become iconic of the eighteenth-century opera buffa. Previous studies have focused their efforts on form, analyzing ensembles with instrumental structures. However, these forms do not provide information as ...
The Metamorphosis of Gertrude and Jo, A Chamber Opera

Kalcheim, Samuel (University of Oregon, 2020-12-08)

The Metamorphosis of Gertrude and Jo, a Chamber Opera is in one act, and is scored for three singers and eight-person chamber ensemble. The libretto by Susanna Payne-Passmore is a queer retelling of the myth of Philemon ...