"Colorful, haunting,
accomplished and exciting..."
The Boston Globe
THE LITTLE MERMAID OPERA | THE LITTLE MERMAID | MUSIC FOR FAMILY CONCERTS
THE LITTLE MERMAID
a musical story
Duration:
36 minutes
Instrumentation:
version I: chamber ensemble
Actress, flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string quintet (2 vln, vla, vcl, DB)
version II: chamber orchestra
Actress, flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string section
Year Composed:
2006
Story By:
Hans Christian Andersen
Libretto By:
Lior Navok
Language:
English: translation by Evan Fallenberg
German: translation by Julia Freienberg
Hebrew: by Lior Navok
Spanish
Written For:
The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo
Commissioned By:
Sommerkonzerte (AUDI)
Premiere Performance:
28 July 2007
Sommerkonzerte (AUDI)
Neuburg, Germany
The Silver-Garburg Piano Duo
Hans Jürgen Schatz, actor
soloists from the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Additional Information:
The Little Mermaid is based on the same instrumentation of of Saint-Saens’ Le Carnaval des animaux