Jonathan Harvey

Wagner Dream

Wagner Dream by Jonathan Harvey is an opera in nine scenes for soloists, actors, chorus, large ensemble and electronics.
Instrumentation: Vairochana (B)/Ananda (T)/Prakriti (S)/Mother of Prakriti(M)/Buddha (Bar) Old Brahmin(B); pit chorus (4 singers – SATB)/stage chorus (2 singers – TB), Actors: Wagner/Cosima/Betty/Dr. Keppler/Carrie Pringle - 1(=picc, afl + bfl).1(= oboe d’amore).2 cl in Bb & A (II=bcl).1(=cbsn) – 1.1(=rainstick).1.1 – perc(2): mar/crot/t.bells/2 Tibetan bells/2 gong/cym/tam-t/spring coil/vibraslap/guiro/maraca/microtonal mark tree/glass chimes/bamboo cluster/mark tree/susp.cym/SD/4 tom-t/BD/4 wdbl//3 bowls/2 high drums/tgl – harp – elec keyboard – 4 vln.2 vla.2 vlc.db – electronics, Electronics (3 operators): 8 or 6 channel system/digital mixer/1 (or 2) Mac computers with soundcards/Lemur {or Wacom} Graphic Tablet/16 MIDI faders/Clip-on mics for all instruments and several close mics for percussion ->submixers->main/optional radio mics for the actors and singers, depending on whether the ensemble is in a pit or more 'present'. The pit is preferable, acoustically/CD-ROM