related works

Midare : for marimba, (1972) / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: mar

De snoek : = Der Hecht, komische opera in 3 acten, komische Oper in 3 Akten / muziek van Guillaume Landré, tekst van Emmy van Lokhorst

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: sopr 2ten bar 2bas 2222 3220 timp perc str

John B. : Kammeroper in zwei Akten, 1976 / Sylvia Welman

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: 7soloists fl(picc) cl(cl-b) perc pf vl(vla) vc tape

Major Taylor : opera in 4 acts, 2 interludes, a prologue and and epilogue / Jacques Bank

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera

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