In the Locked Room
Opera in One Act - Study Score
Orchestra - Sheet Music

Orchestra (Study Score)

SKU: HL.49044525

Opera in One Act - Study Score. Composed by Huw Watkins. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Study Score. Wenn wir den Ausgangspunkt von Thomas Hardy Geschichte betrachten, fuhlen wir uns in die Gegenwart, zu einem heutigen Blick auf die Novelle transportiert. Diese Sicht verdeutlicht, welche Macht der menschliche Geist uber die Handlungen einer Person hat. E. Classical, Contemporary, Opera. Softcover. Composed 2011-2012. 156 pages. Duration 45'. Schott Music #ED13780. Published by Schott Music (HL.49044525).

ISBN 9790220135569. UPC: 888680080495. 8.25x11.75x0.388 inches. English.

Taking Thomas Hardy's short story as its starting point, we are transported to the present for a contemporary take on the novella which explores the power the mind can have over that person's actions. A closed door sparks an obsession so strong that the boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to blur.Ella and her high-finance husband Stephen rent a room in a holiday home on the coast, owned by Susan. Ella discovers that a locked room in the house is rented by a poet - Ben Pascoe - whose work holds a deep fascination for her. The room is held for Pascoe, though he visits rarely.Ella's obsession with Pascoe grows in parallel with the progress of Stephen's biggest City deal. She begins by imagining the poet's voice as she reads his work, but this quickly grows to fantasised encounters with Pascoe in his locked room. Stephen returns from the City and makes love to Ella, but it is not him she wishes for. We see the real Pascoe only once, with Susan.As Stephen's financial dreams are realised and Ella's fantasy consumes her, she learns of Pascoe's death. Despite her changed circumstances, Ella chooses to stay in her new world.