Orson rehearsed : the final thoughts of Orson Welles : an operafilm / Daron Hagen.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Hagen, Daron, 1961- composer, librettist.

Standardized Title:

Orson rehearsed. Vocal score

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Vocal scores with piano.

Operas.

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985--Drama.

Welles, Orson.

Genre:

Operas.

Vocal scores.

Physical Description:

1 vocal score (151 pages) ; 30 cm

Edition:

Vocal score.

Other Title:

Final thoughts of Orson Welles

Place of Publication:

New York : Burning Sled Music, [2021]

Language Note:

English words.

Contents:

Overture

Maybe a man's name : Our works in stone

Everybody's Shakespeare : Jesus the days I've seen

Lament for Jacaré : J'accuse!

First nach(t)musik : Ah

The magnificent downbeats : I intended to portray a golden world

All through : Marc, on fire, alone, at the piano

Manhattan ambulance ride : Give me the script

Border sequence : The scene was conceived musically

Card tricks & talk show badinage

Second nach(t)musik : We're born alone

Beatrice Welles practices Chopin, 1924 : Then I heard her again

Consider the chimes : Come! Sing me a dirty song

Serenade for Rita : Rita's face is not on the bomb by her own choosing

Myocardial infarction : My two greatest assets have been mental stability

Postlude : Go on: our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared

Charlie's rag : (end title).

Notes:

"Conceived, composed, written, and directed by Daron Hagen"--Page 3.

This opera probes the mind of the great filmmaker Welles at the time of his death. Performance of the opera includes three films, and the opera itself has been presented as a film. Premiered in September 2018.

Includes synopsis, performance and technical notes in English.

ISBN:

0578895625

9780578895628

OCLC:

1263824166

Publisher Number:

9780578895628 (paperback)