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  • Facsimile Of A Page From The Working Libretto
  • Credits
  • Facsimile Of A Page From The Composer's Manuscript
  • Dedication
  • Synopsis
  • Characters, Orchestration, Setting
  • Author's Notes
  • Production Information
  • Scene One
  • Scene Two (The Forum Shops At Ceasar's Palace)
  • Scene Three
  • Scene Four
  • Scene Five

Vera of Las Vegas. (A Nightmare Cabaret Opera in One Act). By Daron Hagen (1961-). For Tenor, Baritone, Soprano, Male Soprano, Keyboard. The Staged world premiere of the Opera was given by the Center for Contemporary Opera at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, in New York City, on 25, 26 June 2003. Score and audio CD. Standard notation. 126 pages. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.VS1).

ISBN 0825850940. With Standard notation.

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Location: from Pittsburgh, PA

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March 24, 2007

A really cool piece.

My chamber opera in Pittsburgh has been trying to get it together to do this piece for several years. Hagen is incredibly subversive while being at his most disarming -- a great combination for a piece about the misleading nature of appearances. Highly recommended.

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5 star rating

Location: from New York City

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

June 27, 2004

A Cult Classic

Is it an opera? Is it a cabaret? Is it a musical? Vera is all of these things -- sort of a combination of Blitzstein's "Cradle Will Rock" and Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti" with a wild dash of Britten. It premiered on Broadway in 2003 and is already set for...

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