related works

String quartet II : (1964) / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Rochester's second bottle : a chamber opera in two acts, 2002 / libretto: Nicholas Fisher, Hans Kox

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr sopr-m alt 2ten bar bas-bar bas recit fl(pic, fl-a) ob cl(cl-b) 2h trp perc pf(cel) 3vl vla 2vc cb

Lachesis : Kammeroper in einem Akt; Chamber opera in one act / Marijn Simons; libretto by Hermann Schneider

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: 5zang picc fl/fl-a ob/eh cl/cl-b sax-bar fg/cfg h tpt/tpt-picc trb-t trb-b 2perc hp g-eb pf/keyb 2vn vla vc db tape

Capodistrias: Monodrama of a secret life : chamber opera for piano solo, bass-baritone, basset horn and string ensemble / Calliope Tsoupaki

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: bar-bass pf basseth 2vn vla vc db

composition

Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist / Ton de Leeuw

Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de (Text writer/Librettist)
Sophocles (Text writer/Librettist)
Leeuw, Ton de (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Rather than an expressionistic approach, there is lucid, reserved intensity, sober vocal line with a nearly liturgical character, and - despite the apparent simplicity - strict modal cyclicity (as has been outlined for example in the doctoral thesis written by Dr R. de Groot: "Compositie en intentie van Ton de Leeuws muziek" [Composition and intention in the music of Ton de Leeuw], University of Amsterdam).
Rather than being set as a confrontation between individuals, three of the four roles are interpreted by choirs. The only soloist is Antigone but neither does her role dominate.
A stylised approach rather than realism. To give an example, in the dialogue between Antigone and Ismene, the characters sing their thoughts simultaneously rather than in alternation with each other. - TON DE LEEUW