Julian Grant

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  • The Skin Drum (1987-8)

    WINNER, National Opera Association of America’s Biennial Chamber Opera Competition, 1989

    opera-ballet in one act, based on an Inuit Legend [40’]
    libretto by Mark Morris
    commissioned by Banff Centre of Fine Arts
    fp. 15 April 1987, Margaret Greenham Theatre, Banff, Canada
    revised version, 5 February 1990, Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London N1
    Susan Chilcott p. Clare West c. David Parry

    Girl – soprano
    Man – tenor
    Men, Ravens, Hunters – tenor, 2 baritones, bass
    Stag – dancer
    flute + picc
    clarinet + bcl
    horn
    trumpet
    2 percussion
    piano (four hands)
    ‘cello
    double-bass


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