Gavin Bryars
Marilyn Forever
Chamber Opera
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Gavin Bryars
Marilyn Forever
Chamber Opera
- Instrumentation Piano and Voice
- Composer Gavin Bryars
- Edition Piano Reduction
- Publisher Schott Musik
- Order no. ED13829
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Commissioned by Gavin Bryars' long-standing collaborators, ensemble Aventa, and with a libretto by author and poet Marilyn Bowering, Bryars' Marilyn Forever examines the inner life of Marilyn Monroe, and her intellectual and emotional relationships with death and love.Often seen as a victim, fantasy and sex object, the character of Monroe is fleshed out in this chamber opera: 'We are given through Monroe's own voice her combination of sensitivity and exhibitionism, allied to the narrative of the 'chorus', a view from the 'inside' of the conflicting emotion and ambitions of this compelling and timeless personality.' (Aventa)