| Edition |
Piano-vocal score. |
| Description |
1 vocal score (188 pages) ; 31 cm |
| Playing Time |
013000 |
| Description |
vocal score |
| Note |
Program notes by the composer, and notes from the librettist. |
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The libretto, by Jean-Claude Van Itallie, is based on the Tibetan book of the dead, and shows the journey of a soul from death to rebirth. |
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Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera and the American Music Theatre Festival, 1995. |
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Premiered in Houston, May 31, 1996 by the Houston Opera Studio. |
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Includes original cast list. |
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Dedicated to Jeffrey Michael Grossi. |
| Language |
Staff notation. |
| Note |
Duration: 90 min. |
| Contents |
The dying -- The moment of death -- Clear white light -- The peaceful energies -- Rainbow dance -- Dream-like realms -- The angry energies -- Mahakala -- Lord of death -- Wandering prayer -- Realizing I am dead -- Pursued by demons -- Hungry ghost -- Love making -- Refusing to see -- Choosing a home -- Entering again. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Vocal scores with piano.
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Operas -- Vocal scores with piano. |
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Drama.
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Death -- Religious aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies -- Drama.
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Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Vocal scores.
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Operas.
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Vocal scores.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Van Itallie, Jean Claude, 1936-2021, librettist.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Karma-gliṅ-pa, active 14th century.
Bar do thos grol.
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Houston Grand Opera, commissioning body.
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| Added Title |
Tibetan book of the dead. Vocal score
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Great liberation through hearing |
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How not to do it again.
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| ISBN |
1598069101 |
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9781598069105 |
| Standard No. |
680160621712 |
| Music No. |
411-41140 Theodore Presser Company |
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