related works

Transparence : for mixed choir and brass instruments, version for trumpet, 2 horns, 2 trombones and tuba, 1986 / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring: 3sopr 3sopr-m 3alt 3ten 3bar 3bas h 2trp 2trb tb

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

De grens (full version) : Chamber opera in two scenes / Jan-Peter de Graaff, libretto Yuri Robbers

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: zang cl-b acc perc vn db

Black Perfume : Chamber opera for baritone, soprano, trumpet, double bass and percussion / Anna Mikhailova

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: bar sopr cb trp bug pic 20perc

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