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North American Works Directory Listing
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Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk)
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| Composer: |
Shulamit Ran
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| Librettist: |
Charles Kondek
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Arthur Fagen, Conductor; Jonathan Eaton, Stage Director; Danila Korogodsky, Set and Costume Designer
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| Original Cast: |
Members of Lyric Opera Center for American Artists: sopranos Alicia Berneche, Elena Kolganova, Robin Blitch Wiper; mezzo-sopranos Buffy Baggott, Jessie Raven; tenors James Cornelison, Stanley Jackson, Misha Royzen; baritones William Andrew Stuckey, Kirk Walker; bass-baritone Mark McCrory. Guest artists: soprano Mary Jane Kania and tenor Matthew Polenzani.
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| Premiere Date: |
June 20, 1997
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| Producing Company: |
Lyric Opera of Chicago
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| Description: |
Leya, about to enter an arranged marriage, is actually in love with Khonnon, and after he dies, she becomes possessed of his soul. This possession comes to a climax during the arranged marriage ceremony. The resulting exorcism of the “dybbuk” leaves Leya resting before the marriage can continue. Khonnon appears to the sleeping Leya, and tells her that although he has now left her body, he is now forever part of her soul.
courtesy of Theodore Presser Company
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| Character List (Major): |
Leya(s); Khonnon(t); Reb Azriel(b); Sender(bar); Freyde(mz)
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| Character List (Minor): |
Reb Shimshon/Meyer(bar); Gittel(s); Hennakh(mzo–pants role); Asher/Menashe(t); Reb Mendel(b); Bassia(s); Nakhman(t)
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| Bit Parts: |
6 Wandering Souls
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| Reviews: |
Opera News, December 1997; Chicago Tribune; Chicago Sun-Times, Wynne Delacoma, 6-22-1997; New Music Connoisseur, James L. Paulk, Fall 1997; Opera (UK), William Shackelford, January 1998; USA Today, David Patrick Stearns, 6-23-1997
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| Chorus: |
SATB Chorus
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| Orchestration: |
2 fl (2 picc, afl), ob (Eng hrn), 2 cl(2 Ebcl, acl), 1 cbsn - hrn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn(btbn) - 3 perc, pf - 4 vln, 2 vla, 2 vc, db; 3 shofars (recorded shofar and sampled shofar sounds may be subsitituted)
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| Musical Style: |
Expressive contemporary idiom incorporating Jewish folk and liturgical elements
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| Contact: |
Theodore Presser Company
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| Address: |
588 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
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| Phone: |
610-592-1222
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