Libretti/Texts for Music
Hunger (work in progress)
SOLO PERCUSSION piece
based on Knut Hamsun’s novel
David Lang, composer
Acquanetta (2005/2017) 70'
OPERA
Michael Gordon, composer
Deborah Artman, libretto
World premiere, Chamber version: Prototype Festival,
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, directed by Daniel Fish, 2018.
Featured in the NY City Opera VOX Festival, Spring 2010.
World premiere, Grand Opera: Theater Aachen, Germany, 2005.
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Acquanetta opera website
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Shelter (2005) 70'
ORATORIO
Michael Gordon, David Lang & Julia Wolfe, composers
Deborah Artman, libretto
Staged by Ridge Theater with projections by Laurie Olinder;
film by Bill Morrison; directed by Bob McGrath.
U.S. premiere: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 2005.
World premiere: musikFabrik & Philharmonie Essen, Cologne & Essen, Germany, 2005.
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2010 Signal performance at BOAC
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Lost Objects (2001) 70'
ORATORIO
Michael Gordon, David Lang & Julia Wolfe, composers
Deborah Artman, libretto
U.S. premiere: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY,
directed by Francois Girard, 2004.
World premiere: Dresden Music Festival, Dresden, Germany, 2001.
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Keeper (2000) 11'
CHORAL PIECE for 6 male voices
Julia Wolfe, composer
Deborah Artman, text
World premiere: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 2000.
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Music for Gracious Living (1992/96) 22'
MUSIC-THEATER PIECE for actor & string quartet
David Lang, composer
Deborah Artman, libretto
US premiere: Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, 1997.
World premiere: Almeida Opera Festival, London, England, 1993.
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