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The Box Office chamber opera
RSN:
70771
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Composition Date:
2014
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:09:00
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 7110 S5925box
Genre
Opera - Complete Score
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2016-02-19
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
2 sopr/chor/1000asax/0000/perc/pno/str Libretto by Michael Albano
Master Location
Toronto
Language
English
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
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Extent of Item
9 parts
1 score
Instrumentation
Found 3 record(s)
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Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
50637
Voices
Soprano
2
50637
Larger ensemble
Chamber Orchestra
1
50637
Choruses
Unspecified chorus
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
5 February 2015, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Dalhousie Opera Studio; Peter Oleskevich, conductor
“The Box Office” is one mini opera in a five-part set with an overarching theme of what happens when two people meet. “The Box Office” provides a short and absurd scene that is nothing short of a customer service nightmare – one insufferable customer, and one (very) tired attendant. Many of the gestures focus on chromaticism and tritone leaps, suggesting an “uneasy” sense of conversation. The music makes heavy use of referential humour, with quotes from various operas (made appropriate, considering the setting of the Canadian Opera Company box office) and cultural tropes. Its lightening quick pace and frequent orchestrational shifts suggest an almost mad or unstable atmosphere, which is indeed confirmed in the “meltdown aria” near the end of the scene. Originally scored for a large contemporary ensemble, this reorchestration was written for Dalhousie Opera's 2015 production and is the composer's preferred instrumentation. A piano-vocal version is also available.
Found 4 record(s)
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Number of Copies
Calgary
01CA70771
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1
Montréal
01MO70771
In Circulation
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1
Vancouver
01VA70771
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1
Toronto
01TO70771
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Available for Loan
1
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