Tag: Charles Kondek (librettist)

LOVE’S CALL for Voice* and Piano (2016)

PROGRAM NOTE Love’s Call (2016) is a setting for voice and piano of an English adaptation of a fragment from the Song of Songs. I extracted it from the libretto by Charles Kondek of my opera Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk). The subtle adaptation/rearranging by Kondek of this deeply passionate, iconic Old Testament text creates…
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ANNE FRANK – An Opera in Two Acts (2016–2022)

Based on Anne Frank: “The Diary of a Young Girl”Het Achterhuis Libretto by Charles Kondek Commissioned by The University of IndianaJacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater Premiere Production: March 3, 4, 9, 10, 2023Musical Art Center, Bloomington, INArthur Fagen, ConductorCrystal Manich, Stage Director Duration: c. 2 hours 30 minutes Composer’s Notes on Anne…
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