Fallingwater (Piano/Vocal Score)
by Daron Hagen
Voice - Sheet Music

2 sopranos, tenor, baritone, bass

SKU: EC.4689FW

Composed by Daron Hagen. Opera. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #4689fw. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.4689FW).

UPC: 600313446894.

Libretto:
Written by Paul Muldoon

Synopsis:
Shining Brow centers around the 11 tumultuous years (1903-1914) in the young career of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The episodes include the Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago with Louis Sullivan (Wright's former mentor), a construction site in Oak Park, Illinois, Berlin, Germany, and finally Taliesin (Wright's estate in Wisconsin) where many of the most tragic events of Wright's life are played out.

Shining Brow was commissioned by the Madison Opera, a division of the Madison Civic Music Association. The composer was officially authorized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Taliesin Fellowship to compose the opera and to have it published.

This excerpted version is a chamber opera that may be performed by omitting all of the choral and instrumental sections of the "Shining Brow" opera. It may be performed as a 70 minute chamber opera requiring only the major roles.

View detailed information and a video of the complete opera on the composer's website here: https://www.daronhagen.com/brow.

Click here to read the composer's account of this opera's origins and creation, available from The Huffington Post.

Roles:
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, architect	Baritone
MAMAH CHENEY, one of his clients	Soprano
LOUIS SULLIVAN, Wright's mentor	Tenor
EDWIN CHENEY, Mamah's husband	Bass
CATHERINE WRIGHT	Soprano

Alternative Full Shining Brow Version - Roles:
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, architect	Baritone
MAMAH CHENEY, one of his clients	Soprano
LOUIS SULLIVAN, Wright's mentor	Tenor
EDWIN CHENEY, Mamah's husband	Bass
CATHERINE WRIGHT	Soprano
MAID/3RD TOWNSWOMAN	Soprano
1ST TOWNSWOMAN	Soprano
1ST DRAFTSMAN'S WIFE	Soprano
2ND GUEST'S WIFE	Mezzo-Soprano
2ND TOWNSWOMAN	Alto
2ND DRAFTSMAN'S WIFE	Alto
2ND WORKMAN/2ND REPORTER/2ND GUEST	Tenor*
5TH WORKMAN/1ST REPORTER	Tenor/Baritone
3RD WORKMAN/3RD REPORTER/2ND DRAFTSMAN	Baritone*
1ST WORKMAN/1ST GUEST	Baritone*
4TH WORKMAN/1ST PHOTOGRAPHER	Bass*
WAITER	Spoken
CHEF	Spoken
TWO CHILDREN	Mute
* THE BARBERSHOP QUARTET

Fallingwater Chamber Version (7 players): fl.ob,cl.pft(=synth).vln.vla.vlc

Shining Brow Large Version (50 players): 2.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-timp-perc(3)-hp-pft-str

Shining Brow Small Version (31 players): 2.2.2.2.-2.2.2.1-tim-perc(1)-synth-str (3.3.3.3.1 players).