Wedding, A: Opera in 2 Acts (full orchestra)
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Catalog numbers:
EBM EBM0670038/ HL 45409
Duration (minutes):
120
Detailed Instrumentation:
14 Soloists: ColSop.3Sop.LyrSop.M-s.2LyrM-s.2Ten.2Bar.LyrBar.DrBar: 3(3dPicc).3(3dEH).2(1dECl.+BCl).2(+CBsn): 4.3(1dPiTpt).2(+BTbn).1: Timp.Perc(3): Hp(opt).Kbd: Str: Onstage 5-pc Dance Band (TSax.EKbd.EGtr.EBs.Trap Set)
Based on the motion picture A Wedding by Robert Altman and John Considine, premiered at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman.
"...there is no reason to resist this rarest of creations: a meaningful American comic opera." -Mark Swed, LA Times