Widows (Viudas)
Composer:
Catalog numbers:
LKMP R01083/ HL 43825
Duration (minutes):
160
Detailed Instrumentation:
4 Soprano, 3 Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto, 4 Tenor, Baritone, BassSATB Chorus, 3 speaking roles2+Picc.2+EH.2+BCl.2: 4.3.3.1: Timp.Percussion (4).Harp.Guitar: Str
Libretto and Music by Juan Orrego-Salas. An opera in a prologue and three acts, based on the novel Widows by Ariel Dorfman. The story is set in a Latin American country controlled by a military dictatorship where most of the men from a village have disappeared.