STEWART COPELAND

Random SC trivia:

Ballet question:
Of Stewart's works commissioned by ballets, are Emilio (Trento Ballet, 1988) and King Lear (San Francisco Ballet, 1986) short or long pieces? I.e., are they individual "songs" or full-show works?

Opera question:
Does anyone know for whom Casque of Amontillado (1994) was written? And does it qualify as an opera (full show) or an operatic piece ("song")?

Thanks!

I believe C of A was commissioned by the Cleveland Opera, with a libretto by David Bamberger, whom I believe to be the director of the Cleveland Opera.

Yes, thanks, Lynne. I meant to include that C of A's libretto was by Bamberger. Thank you -- that's helpful.

I can't seem to figure out if it was a full-length show, a piece, or somewhere I remember reading the phrase "mini-opera"? Would that be like a one-act opera?

Is it from the Poe story? I only ask because I'm pretty sure someone else has done a piece based on that (I googled the story title yonks ago looking for a collection that had it in, and I could swear I got an operatic link.) Sorry - that isn't remotely helpful, I'm just puzzled.

[quote="smudge"]Is it from the Poe story? I only ask because I'm pretty sure someone else has done a piece based on that (I googled the story title yonks ago looking for a collection that had it in, and I could swear I got an operatic link.) Sorry - that isn't remotely helpful, I'm just puzzled.[/quote]

I hope it's C of A. One of the most A-mazing Poe Stories (and The Maestro hehehehe)

Yep, from the Poe story:

http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-e ... llado.html

Complete with Fortunato and the Montrasor family (I love Poe).

I've heard it described as a one-act opera, FWIW.

[quote="smudge"]Is it from the Poe story?[/quote]

I sure hope. Otherwise the name's just silly.

I did get some confirmation on Casque as a one-act opera thing, so that's something.

Any chance anyone might know more about Emilio or King Lear? Whether each was a single piece (like "Prey") or full-length work (like -- despite not being written by SC -- The Nutcracker)?


ETA: D'oh. Hi, Lynne. Thanks!

This wasn't the link thingy that popped up when I googled a while back, but it is definitely same work (by which I mean, not the work you are looking for) :

http://www.arsisaudio.com/cd151N.html

Again - not remotely useful, but "Which EAP short story has inspired two one-act operas." would make a wonderfully irritating pub quiz question.

ETA: I've got a strange derrangement of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy bouncing inelegantly around my head now. Thanks DM. I think.