Work Information
Kevin Volans : The Man With Footsoles of Wind
| commissioned by Dancelines Productions and the English National Opera Contemporary Opera Studio, with assistance from the Arts Council of Great Britain |
| Work Notes |
Dedicated to Yvar Mikhashoff |
Publisher |
Chester Music Ltd |
| Category |
Opera and Music Theatre |
Sub-Category |
Chamber Opera |
| Year Composed |
1993 |
Duration |
1 Hour, 30 Minutes |
| Solo Instrument(s) |
Treble, 2 Sopranos, Tenor, Baritone, spoken part |
Orchestration |
1(pic)02(Ebcl:bcl)0/2.1.0+btbn.0/2perc/pf(cel).hp/str |
| Languages |
English |
Availability |
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Programme Note
BRIEF PROGRAMME NOTE
The main body of the opera is set in the Ethiopian desert and is, like Bruce Chatwin’s book, ‘an imaginary conversation on an imaginary journey’. Roger Clarke’s libretto draws on Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell which to some extent prefigures Rimbaud’s wanderings in Africa, like a kind of ‘songline’.
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