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Harriet

for soprano, alto, percussion, violin, guitar and electronics

Hilda Paredes

How to buy

979-0-57036-834-1 Harriet – Score Available at MusicRoom Buy now (£54.95)

Description

Winner of the 2019 Ivors Composer Awards 'Stage Works' category.

An opera, a musical and theatrical portrait of the African American freedom fighter Harriet Tubman (ca. 1822-1913), who saved countless slaves. 

The libretto is based on poetry by Mayra Santos-Febres and a selection of dialogues by Lex Bohlmeijer.

'Harriet' was produced by Muziek Theater Transparant with funds provided by Operadagen, FONCA, Coordinación de Difusión Cultural UNAM,Festival Internacional Cervantino and The Composers’ Fund, a PRS for Music Foundation initiative in association with Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

The score will be available for sale and the parts for hire after the exclusive series of initial performances. 

Details

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Duration
1 hours 30 minutes
Libretto/text
Mayra Santos-Febres and Lex Bohlmeijer
Premiere

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam, 3.10.2018, by Claron Macfadden (Harriet), Naomi Beeldens (Alice), Hermes Ensemble, Mónica Gil Giraldo, electronics, conductor Manoj Kamps and directory Jean Larnonerie with video by Miwa Matreyek.

Scoring
1 Soprano, 1 Mezzo Soprano, 1 Percussion, 1 Anvil, 1 Bass drum, 2 Cowbells, 1 Cymbals, 1 Guiro, 2 Maracas, 1 Sleigh Bells, 1 Snare drum, 1 Suspended Cymbal (Medium), 1 Tam-tam, 5 Temple Blocks, 3 Tom-Tom, 1 Triangle, 1 Vibraphone, 1 Whip, 2 Wind Chimes, 1 Rainstick, 1 Marimba, 1 Guitar, 1 Violin, 1 Electronics
Composition date
2018

Performances

31 July 2023 Big Barn, 49 Main St, Putney, Vermont 05346, USA
31 July 2023 The Big Barn, 49 Main St, Putney, Vermont, VT 05346, United States
30 July 2023 The Big Barn, 49 Main St, Putney, Vermont, VT 05346, United States
30 July 2023 Big Barn, 49 Main St, Putney, Vermont 05346, USA
13 December 2019

Theater Figi (Zeist) - Netherlands
21 May 2019

Operadagen Rotterdam, NL
27 April 2019

deSingel, Antwerpen, BE
4 December 2018

Théâtre croix-rousse, Lyon, FR 
20 November 2018

HCMF, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, UK  
9 November 2018

Music Den Bosch, NL
19 October 2018

Teatro Miguel Covarrubias at UNAM in Mexico City, MX
17 October 2018

Teatro Principal in Guanajuato, MX
3 October 2018

Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam NL
2 October 2018

Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam NL