Tuesday, May 15, 2001

Animal Opera: An Orwellian Comedy, Op. 95


Op. 95 ANIMAL OPERA: AN ORWELLIAN COMEDY 
(May 15, 2001) 
Ia. Comrades 
Ib. Beasts of England 
IIa. Will There Be Any Sugar 
IIb. Drive Away Man 
IIc. The Seven Commandments 
IIIa. I Will Work 
IIIb. Four Legs Good 
IIIc. The Mystery of Milk 
IVa. Jones (The Battle of the Cowshed) 
IVb. Beasts of England Va. Mollie (I Will Flee) 
Vb. Two Legs Bad 
Vc. The Mystery of Snowball 
VIa. Will There Be Any Food 
VIb. Welcome In Man 
VIc. The Fourth Commandment 
VIIa. Comrades 
VIIb. Beasts of England 
VIIIa. The Sixth Commandment 
VIIIb. Comrade Napoleon 
VIIIc. Men (The Battle of the Windmill) 
VIIId. Beasts of England 
VIIIe. The Fifth Commandment 
IXa. Will There Be Any Hope 
IXb. The Mystery of Boxer 
Xa. Boxer (I Will Stay) 
Xb. Comrade Pigs 
Xc. Two Legs Better 
Xd. The (Seventh) Commandment 
Xe. (Comrade) Gentlemen


Score:


https://imslp.org/wiki/Animal_Opera%2C_Op.95_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

July 24-26, 2003
Fresh Voices IV Festival
Old Major (Pig) / Sheep / Bird - Lisa Marie May
Snowball (Pig) - Eve Chosak
Napoleon (Pig) - Alan Roberts
Mollie (Horse) / Bird - Masai Nagai
Clover (Horse) - Janet Lohr
Moses (Crow) - Jane Goldsmith
Squealer (Pig) / Bird - Elizabeth Finkler
Boxer (Horse) / Man - Robert Seidel
Benjamin (Donkey) / Man - Cameron Weston
Muriel (Goat) / Bird - Avril Saldhana
Sheep - Janet Garvin
Jones / Puppy / Pilkington - Kereli Jones
Director / Music Director- Mark Alburger
Flute - Bruce Salvisberg
Clarinet - Peter Brown
Bassoons - Michael Garvey, Lori Garvey
Trumpet - Eduard Prosek
Harp - Samantha Garvey
Piano - Keisuke Nakagoshi
Violin - Kristina Anderson
Cello -  Beth Snellings
Bass - John Beeman
Goat Hall Productions, San Francisco's Cabaret Opera
Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

July 9, 2022
The Opus Project presents Opus 95
Center for New Music
San Francisco, CA


Recording:

ANIMAL OPERA
(Complete Works, Volume 37)