The Crucible (Libretto)
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SKU: EC.7.0147
Composed by Robert Ward. Full Length Opera. 20th Century. Libretto. Galaxy Music Corporation #7.0147. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation (EC.7.0147).UPC: 600313701474. Text: Arthur Miller.
Libretto: Synopsis:
Premier: Awards: Notable Performances: At last week's performance... I was able to get a clearer idea of this opera, which is, of course, a study of the human conscience based on Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trails. Again, the beauty, nobility, skill, power, and utter sincerity of Mr. Ward's music bowled me over. If a finer opera has been written since the days of Strauss and Puccini, I have not heard it. ... The Crucible is comparable to the great masterworks of the classical repertory, and I like to think of it also as an example of the true music of the future. It is, in short, music of the most inspired sort, written by a master of his craft. Mr. Ward's hit is "The Crucible," his brilliant operatic adaptation of Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trials as a metaphor for the McCarthy hearings. The Crucible has a superb libretto, lightly adapted from the Miller by Bernard Stambler. And it has a score that balances folkish Americana with the driving devil-possession effects also used by Prokofiev in "The Flaming Angel" and Krzysztof Penderecki in "The Devils of Loudon" and the elegiac nobility evoked by Poulenc in "The Dialogues of the Carmelites." For my money it is the finest American opera of the century, with a libretto good enough to inspire a Verdi or Mussorgsky. Click here to read a review of The Crucible at 2016 Glimmerglass Festival by DC Theatre Scene.com! |