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The Raven

Monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 12 players
based on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
mezzo-soprano and 12 players
Edition: Performance material

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When I read The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, it reminded me of the Japanese Noh play. A view of the world in the Noh is not anthropocentric. Some of the main characters in the Noh are animals and plants, and some are unearthly spirits. Poe describes the process of the collapse of the modern rational world, as a consequence of an invasion of the world by a weird animal ‘raven’ which lives in the other world. I considered this poem as a story of Noh and expressed it in the form of monodrama with mezzo-soprano and ensemble. Toshio Hosokawa

Orchestral Cast

afl(pic.fl.bfl).bcl(cl).tsax(asax)-tpt.tbn-perc(vib, 3tri, cym.ant, tam-t, 4bng, b.d, 4Jap.wind bells[Furin], 4rins on timp, whip)-pno-str(1.1.1.1.1)

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Title:
The Raven
Monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 12 players
based on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Co. Ltd., Tokyo
Year of composition:
2011 - 2012
Duration:
45 ′
World Premiere:
March 17, 2012 · Bruxelles (B)
La Raffinerie
Ars Musica 2012
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano · Conductor: Toshio Hosokawa · United Instruments of Lucilin

(concert)
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the United Instruments of Lucilin (Luxembourg)

Technical Details

Product number:
LSJ 4632-01

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  • The Raven
    Conductor: Marco Angius
    Orchestra: Ensemble Giorgio Bernasconi dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala
    January 16, 2024 | Milano (Italy) , Teatro alla Scala, Ridotto dei Palchi
  • The Raven
    Conductor: Bennet Eicke
    Orchestra: Orchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
    June 26, 2023 | Leipzig (Germany) , Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Blackbox
  • The Raven
    Conductor: Bennet Eicke
    Orchestra: Orchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
    June 25, 2023 | Leipzig (Germany) , Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Blackbox
  • The Raven
    Conductor: Bennet Eicke
    Orchestra: Orchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
    June 24, 2023 | Leipzig (Germany) , Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Blackbox
  • The Raven
    Conductor: Bennet Eicke
    Orchestra: Orchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
    June 23, 2023 | Leipzig (Germany) , Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Blackbox
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