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)

Dorian Gray : opera in two acts / revised version, Hans Kox

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: soloists 2220 2211 timp perc hp str on stage: pf

Het zwarte blondje : opera-buffa in 1 acte (3 taferelen), naar een oud-Italiaans gegeven / muziek: Jurriaan Andriessen, tekst: Jan Timmerman

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr bar pf cemb

De steek van een schorpioen : een kameropera, 1996 / libretto van de componiste, gebaseerd op de gelijknamige roman van Geert van Beek, Ilse van de Kasteelen

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: 5soloists fl(fl-alt-bas picc) cl(cl-b) h trp perc pf vl vla vc cb (9typewriters) 2dancers tape

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