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2 sopranos, tenor, baritone, bass SKU: EC.4689FW Composed by Daron Hagen. Opera. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #4689fw. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.4689FW). UPC: 600313446894.Libretto:Written by Paul Muldoon Synopsis: Shining Brow centers around the 11 tumultuous years (1903-1914) in the young career of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The episodes include the Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago with Louis Sullivan (Wright's former mentor), a construction site in Oak Park, Illinois, Berlin, Germany, and finally Taliesin (Wright's estate in Wisconsin) where many of the most tragic events of Wright's life are played out.Shining Brow was commissioned by the Madison Opera, a division of the Madison Civic Music Association. The composer was officially authorized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Taliesin Fellowship to compose the opera and to have it published. This excerpted version is a chamber opera that may be performed by omitting all of the choral and instrumental sections of the "Shining Brow" opera. It may be performed as a 70 minute chamber opera requiring only the major roles. View detailed information and a video of the complete opera on the composer's website here: https://www.daronhagen.com/brow. Click here to read the composer's account of this opera's origins and creation, available from The Huffington Post. Roles: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, architectBaritoneMAMAH CHENEY, one of his clientsSopranoLOUIS SULLIVAN, Wright's mentorTenorEDWIN CHENEY, Mamah's husbandBassCATHERINE WRIGHTSoprano Alternative Full Shining Brow Version - Roles: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, architectBaritoneMAMAH CHENEY, one of his clientsSopranoLOUIS SULLIVAN, Wright's mentorTenorEDWIN CHENEY, Mamah's husbandBassCATHERINE WRIGHTSopranoMAID/3RD TOWNSWOMANSoprano1ST TOWNSWOMANSoprano1ST DRAFTSMAN'S WIFESoprano2ND GUEST'S WIFEMezzo-Soprano2ND TOWNSWOMANAlto2ND DRAFTSMAN'S WIFEAlto2ND WORKMAN/2ND REPORTER/2ND GUESTTenor*5TH WORKMAN/1ST REPORTERTenor/Baritone3RD WORKMAN/3RD REPORTER/2ND DRAFTSMANBaritone*1ST WORKMAN/1ST GUESTBaritone*4TH WORKMAN/1ST PHOTOGRAPHERBass*WAITERSpokenCHEFSpokenTWO CHILDRENMute* THE BARBERSHOP QUARTETFallingwater Chamber Version (7 players): fl.ob,cl.pft(=synth).vln.vla.vlc Shining Brow Large Version (50 players): 2.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-timp-perc(3)-hp-pft-str Shining Brow Small Version (31 players): 2.2.2.2.-2.2.2.1-tim-perc(1)-synth-str (3.3.3.3.1 players).