Composers

Virgil Thomson

Born: 1896
Died: 1989
Four Saints in Three Acts (1934)
Publisher
G Schirmer Inc
Category
Opera and Music Theatre
Sub Category
Chamber Opera
Year Composed
1934
Duration
1 Hours 30 Minutes
Chorus
SATB chorus; ballet
Solo Instrument(s)
2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzo sopranos, 2 Tenors, Baritone, 2 Basses
Orchestration
1111/2110/perc/harm.acn/str


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Programme Note
Virgil Thomson Four Saints in Three Acts (1934)
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Four Saints in Three Acts

Four Saints in Three Acts (oratorio version)

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Synopsis:
Fictional but typical incidents from the lives of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Ignatius Loyola and of imaginary St. Settlement and St. Chavez.
Performances
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Reviews
Robert Wilson's stunning new production of Four Saints in Three Acts baffled and delighted an appreciative audience. Stein's language is always simple but baffling; Thomson's music is tonal, melodic, nostalgic but jagged and suspended...But it adds up. Stein and Thomson would have loved it. Opera, like religion, can be fun, even witty, they seem to be saying. Or successful.
Willard Spiegelman , Wall Street Journal,1/1/0001



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