composer
Ton de Leeuw was born on November 16, 1926 in Rotterdam. He died on May 31, 1996 in Paris (France).
In 1949, after some years of composition lessons with Henk Badings, ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice solo; Voice and piano; Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
voice solo ; voice pf ; voice perc pf ; voice vc ; 4voices
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Instruments:
sopr-m bar cl(cl-b cl-cb) h 2perc synth 2vl vla vc tape
Bar Abbas : opera in 3 akten benevens een proloog, 1986-1989 / libretto: Ab van Eyk, Simon Pluister
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Instruments:
soloists VK MK GK4 2121 sax-a 1230 2perc hp pf(cel) str
Aan de Wannsee : opera, 1986 / libretto Louis Ferron, Geert van Keulen
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Instruments:
sopr-m bar cl(cl-b cl-cb) h 2perc synth 2vl vla vc tape
composition
Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist = drame musical, d'après une interpretation libre de l'oeuvre de Sophocle par le compositeur, 1991 / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(librettist)
Sophocles
(librettist)
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