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ANGEL’S BONE

(2015, ed.2022)

VAVREK

A ONE-ACT CHAMBER OPERA

DURATION: ca. 85 minutes ed. 2022 for full orchestra

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First chamber concert version was commissioned by The Mann Center Performing for the Arts, Philadelphia With International Contemporary Ensemble and direction by Habib Azar

The staged version of Angel’s Bone was commissioned by the Prototype Festival

First Performance: 6th of January 2016 as part of the Prototype Festival 3LD Arts and Technology Center, New York City

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and The NOVUS

Music Director: Julian Wachner

Stage Director: Michael Joseph McQuilken

Scenery: Matt Saunders; Lighting Design: Yi Zhao; Projection Design: Hannah Wasileski; Costume: Kate Fry; Choreography: Christy Lee

Cast: Abigail Fischer, Kyle Pfortmiller, Jennifer Charles, Kyle Bielfield

& The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

First Commercial Recording (with the world premiere cast and musicians)

Release Date: 17 Sep 2017, National Sawdust Tracks

Synopsis

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Angel’s Bone is the recipient of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Music

Angel’s Bone follows the plight of two fallen angels whose nostalgia for earthly delights finds them far from heaven. They are found battered and bruised by a man and his wife, known only as Mr. and Mrs. X.E., who have longed for a better life than their modest middle-class status. Nevertheless, Mr. and Mrs. X.E. set out to nurse the wounded angels back to health: they bathe them, wash the dirt from their nails… then lock them in a room, leaving them a claw foot bathtub for a shared bed, and decide to exploit these magical beings for wealth and personal gains.

Angel’s Bone illuminates the dark effects and motivations behind modern-day slavery and the trafficking industry.

Instrumentation

2 Flutes (db picc, alto fl, bass fl) / Oboe, Oboe, (db english horn) / Clarinet / B. Clarinet/ Bassoon/ Contrabassoon

2 Horns/ 2 Trumpets (Bb) / 2Trombones/ Bass Trombone / Tuba

Perc & drumset (1 player)

Lute

Violin I / Violin II / Viola / Violoncello / Contrabass & playbacks (soundtracks)

Percussion*

(Vibraphone, Brake Drum, Metal Junk/copper pot, Sus. Chinese Cymbal, Sus. Cymbal, 3 Tomtoms, Large ConcertBass Drum, Tamtam, Waterphone, 2 Nipple Gongs in A and E1 - hung)

Drumset* (Snare, Kick Drum, 2 Toms, Crash/Ride cymbal, Hi-Hat)

Score in C

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