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| Kafka SHorts | 39" |
String Quartet and 2 actors |
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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 |
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| My Life with Pablo Neruda | 2 hrs | Pocket Opera-Cabaret in 4 Acts The opera may be done in either English or Spanish. Text is by Pablo Neruda with additional text by Ray Luedeke
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Prologue 1. Stand up 2. Sonnet XCIV 3. Before that day 4. Sonnet LXXVI 5. When I first Act I 1. Flowng 2. I have no 3. Sonnet XI 4. I never saw 5. Sonnet XV 6. Sonnet VII 7. Pablo said 8. Sonnet I 9. How often 10. Sonnet XII 11. Cover the 12. Sonnet XX 13. Love? 14. Sonnet XXVII 15. Delia is 16. The Queen 17. Who doesn't 18. The Queen ctd. 19. The Queen ctd. 2 Entr'acte I Act II 1.Love, we're going 2. Sonnet XXXV 3. Sonnet XXXVIII 4. Sonnet XL 5. Sonnet XLI 6. I hunt for you 7. Widower's Tango 8. Matilde, you will know 9. Sonnet XLV 10. The Dream Entr'acte 2 Act III 1. Alla Marcia 2. Sonnet LV 3. La Arena 4. La Palmatoria 5. Flor Azul 6. Sonnet LXV 7. Today in 8. Sonnet LXVI 9. Salvador 10. Sonnet LXIX 11. Another strike 12. Pablo 13. Sonnet LXXXVIII Entr'acte 3 Funeral Cortege Act IV 1. Sonnet LXXIX 2. They killed 3. Sonnet LXXX 4. Friends 5. Sonnet LXXXII 6. When I die 7. Sonnet XCV 8. Loneliness 9. Sonnet C |
Viva Pablo Neruda at the Flamboyán Theater Soneto LXV Matilde (in Spanish) |
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My Life with Pablo Neruda (I Confess, I Have Lived) |
26'" | Excerpts with piano accompanimnet |
1. Sonnet I (Span.) 2. Sonnet LXV (Span.) 3. Sonnet XII (Eng.) 4. Widower's Tango 5. Sonnet LXVI (Eng.) 6. Excerpt from Act I (Eng.) |
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| Butterfly's Trouble | 2 hrs | re-invention of Puccini's Madama Butterfly |
Butterfly's Trouble Promotional Video Butterfly's Trouble Act II Part 1a Butterfly's Trouble Act II Part 1b |
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| Butterfly's Trouble | excerpts |
1. Beginning of Act I 2. Middle of Act I 3 End Act I 4. un bel di |
The Pocket Madama Butterfly (Jarek Obsadny promotional video) | ||
| The Magical Singing Drum | 1 hr. | pocket opera-cabaret |
1. Beginning through Kpanlogo (Cast 1) 2. Kpanlogo to Finale (Cast 2) |
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| Wild Flowers | 2 hr. | Chamber Opera in 2 Acts on a Grimm Brothers story Wild Flowers, with music by Ray Luedeke and a libretto by Sean Dixon, is a 2 act chamber opera based on the Grimm Brothers story Iron Hans. Featuring a "Wild Man" and a Prince and a Princess, the story is a magical evocation of what it means to "grow up." With an important role for a children's chorus, the cast includes a solo boy soprano and parts for 4 adult soloists: soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass. The orchestration is for 9 players. flute/ oboe-Eng. Hn./ horn / 1 perc. / piano / violin / viola / cello / DB |
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| Close Embrace a tango cabaret |
2 hrs. | baritone (master of ceremonies), The complete cabaret show has four sections: |
From Close Embrace: |
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| Garbage Delight | 45' or 30" |
Saxophone Quintet (the players also narrate): soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, Note:Garbage Delight may be done as a theatre piece, with staging and with 2 mimes, or as a concert piece without staging or mimes. If done as music theatre, there is "traveling music" to cover happenings on stage. |
1. Prelude 2. The Aminals 3. Suzy Grew a Moustache 4. The Big Blue Frog 5.. The Coming of Teddy Bears 6. I Eat Kids 7. I Have Your Father's Eyes 8. The Secret Song 9. Garbage Delight 10. Finale |
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| Oscar Excerpts | 15' | Sop., ten., bar., bass piano Note: Excerpts from a proposed opera on the trial of Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Excerpt 1 Excerpt 2 Excerpt 3 Excerpt 4 Excerpt 5 Excerpt 6 |