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The Crucible An Opera in 4 Acts by Robert Ward Choir - Sheet Music
By Robert Ward
721997
The Crucible
721997
721997
721997
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Voice soloists and opera chorus (Full Orchestra:2 2 2 2 - 4 2 2 0 - T - P - Hrp - Str or reduced orchestration: 2(Pic) 1(EH) 2 1 - 2 2 1 0 - P - Hrp - Str)
SKU: EC.7-0028
An Opera in 4 Acts. Composed by Robert Ward. Full Length Opera. 20th Century and Opera. Vocal score. With translations and plot synopsis. 288 pages. Galaxy Music Corporation #7.0028. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation (EC.7-0028).UPC: 600313700286. 9x12 inches. Text: Arthur Miller.
Written by Bernard Stambler, based on the play by Arthur Miller, German Translation by Thomas Martin
The story is Arthur Miller’s impassioned parable of witchcraft and intrigue in colonial Salem; a story of good and evil, in which bigoted men and women used the cry of “witch” to destroy those they hated or envied. The town of Salem has been seized by a wave of hysteria. The slave, Tituba, is accused by the wily and pretty Abigail, who uses the situation to destroy the community. When the witch trial begins under the administration of the terrifying zealot, Judge Danforth, Abigail accuses Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor, of witchcraft. Abigail hopes thereby to get Elizabeth out of the way and regain John’s affection. John remains loyal to his wife, however, even admitting in court to his adultery with Abigail in order to expose her fraud. He is not believed, however, and is himself arrested and, along with Tituba and other innocents, condemned to the gallows. In a blaze of courage at the opera’s end, John refuses to sign the false confession that would free him.
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Heldenbaer1
July 03, 2011
A Riveting work of Passion
The defects in the score are no greater or less than those of any hand-written score in the days of pre-computer laser printing. The WORK, however, is an excellent and riveting piece of theater, that works, from college workshop, to mainstage opera company production, IF the truth of the times, (17th century) and not the pandering of Miller's anti-McCarthyism (which was subsequently proven true on every count) is the directorial bent. But you can't see this, or hear it without the score. One of Ward's great works.
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