Roman Fever - Piano/Vocal Score - Robert Ward, Edith Wharton, Robert Brunyate

VP0008 | Ward | Roman Fever | Piano/Vocal Score

Roman Fever Opera in one act after the story by Edith Wharton Music by

Robert Ward

VIREO PRESS

Libretto by

Sole Agent: ECS

Robert Brunyate

Roman Fever Opera in one act after the story by Edith Wharton

Music by

Robert Ward Libretto by

Robert Brunyate

VIREO PRESS Sole Agent: ECS

Robert Ward (1917-2013) Robert Ward received the 1962 Pulitzer Prize in Music and the New York Music Critic's Citation for his opera "The Crucible."

He has received many commissions for his works, which have been performed by the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, Central City Opera, Charlotte Opera and the Greater Miami Opera, among others. His body of work includes seven operas, large and small choral works and diverse chamber music. Ward has conducted his own works with many orchestras throughout the world. A member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, he has held three Guggenheim fellowships and received grants from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Among Ward's many awards are the North Carolina Award in Fine Arts, the Eastman School Achievement Award and the Cleveland Arts Prize. He lectured at colleges and universities throughout the United States.