related works
Invocations : for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, 1983 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
sopr-m 3sopr 3alt 3ten 3bas 3cl h trb 2perc pf(el.pf)
Halewijn : symphonisch drama in negen tafereelen, 1932-1933 / Willem Pijper
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
soloists GK5 2233 4331 timp 2perc hp man pf str
Hagar : Opera / Jan-Peter de Graaff; libretto by Eleanor Barlow
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
5zang picc 2fl 2ob 2cl sax-a 2fg 4h 3tpt 3trb tv timp 2perc hp cel str
Jules : scenische madrigalen, 1988 / kameropera op tekst van Sicco Heyligers, Daan Manneke
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
alt bar bas GK4 fl cl cl-b acc org vl cb
composition
Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist / Ton de Leeuw
Author(s):
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