related works

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

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: mar

Blank en Rood : Opera (Piano Reduction) / Samuel Schuijer

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: Opera

Where the cross is made : A floating opera / Klaas ten Holt; libretto by Carel Alphenaar (after the one-act play by Eugene O'Neill)

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: zang cl tp trb 3perc g-e 2vn vla vc db

Bar Abbas : opera in 3 akten benevens een proloog, 1986-1989 / libretto: Ab van Eyk, Simon Pluister

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: soloists VK MK GK4 2121 sax-a 1230 2perc hp pf(cel) str

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