Ophelias: Death By Water Singing
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SKU: BT.WH31030
Opera or Operetta. Vocal Score. Composed 2013. 153 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH31030. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (BT.WH31030).ISBN 9788759818855.
Vocal score / Piano reduction for Ophelias - Death By Water Singing (2006-2007) - Chamber Opera in 13 Scenes. Libretto by Cecilie Løveid.
Commissioned by Opera Vest (Den Nye Opera),Bergen.
Score available: WH31029
Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk
Programme Note:
The Danish chronicler Saxo's Amled myth lies behind the famous Hamlet by Shakespeare, thestory about a hero avenging the murder of his father the king. Saxo depicts Amled as mad - but is Shakespeare's Hamlet mad, or is he playing a role? To test Hamlet, a 'date' is arranged with Ophelia.
Hellsteniushas chosen to view things from her perspective and the opera begins at the moment when she drowns herself in the stream. We look back at her experiences - falling in love with the unstable Prince Hamlet; heranticipation of becoming a queen; their rendezvous in the forest, her ensuing pregnancy and his betrayal.