Deborah Drattell

Deborah Drattell (* 1956 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American composer .

After completing her training, Drattell was composer in residence for the Denver Symphony Orchestra under Philippe Entremont for several years . During this time u. a. Sorrow is not Melancholy for string orchestra, the orchestral suite Lilith , which was premiered by the New York Philharmonic , the clarinet concerto Fire Dances for David Shifrin and the flute concerto The Fire Within for Ransom Wilson .

From 1998 to 2001 Drattell was Composer in Residence at Glimmerglass Opera . This is where u. a. the opera Lilith , which had its stage premiere in 2001 after a concert performance at the New York City Opera in 2001, and the one-act opera The Festival of Regrets (WP 1999). In 2003 Nicholas and Alexandra with Plácido Domingo in the role of Rasputin was premiered at the Los Angeles Opera .

Drattell composed several works for the soprano Lauren Flanigan , such as Letters Home based on texts by Sylvia Plath , Eishes Chayil , the song cycle Love Gave It To Me based on Anna Achmatowa and Alone based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe .

Works

• Fire Dances , Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 1986
• Syzygy for orchestra, 1987
• Lilith , orchestral suite, 1988
• Spanish Fly for orchestra, 1988
• The Fire Within for flute and orchestra, 1989
• Throb for orchestra, 1989
• Jephtha for choir and orchestra, 1990
• Ruminating Sadness for clarinet or cello and piano, 1991
• Appassionata , string quartet, 1992
• Lament for alto saxophone, cello and piano, 1992
• A Conspiracy of Dreams for flute, viola and harp, 1992
• Psalm and Lament for wind quintet, 1993
• Sorrow is Not Melancholy for string quartet or chamber orchestra, 1993
• A Chaos of Deep Passion for piano and string orchestra, 1993
• Be Still My Spirit for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra, 1994
• Alone for soprano and string quartet, 1994
• A Dream Within a Dream for soprano and piano, 1994
• Evening Star for soprano, violin, cello and piano, 1994
• Joy's Ephemeral Core for soprano and flute, 1994
• Love Gave It To Me for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and piano, 1994
• A Dream for soprano, piano and string orchestra, 1995
• A Dream for soprano, piano and string quartet, 1995
• Streams of Tender Ribboning Time for flute, 1995
• The Veil of the Soul , 1995
• Letters Home for two sopranos and strings, 1995
• The Lost Lover for soprano, harp, percussion and strings, 1996
• Eishes Chayil for soprano, 1996
• The Festival of Regrets , opera (libretto by Wendy Wasserstein ), WP 1999
• Marina Tsvetaeva: A Captive Spirit , opera (libretto by Annie Finch based on the biography of Marina Tsvetaeva ), UA 2000
• Lilith , Opera, (Libretto: David Steven Cohen), WP 2001
• Nicholas and Alexandra , opera (libretto by Nicholas von Hoffman ), WP 2003
• Sonnet 18 for soprano, flute and percussion, 2003
• Best Friends , opera (libretto by Wendy Wasserstein based on The Women by Clare Boothe Luce ), world premiere 2005

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• US Opera - Deborah Drattell , accessed March 5, 2014
• Subito Music - Deborah Drattell (b.1956) , accessed March 5, 2014.