related works

String quartet II : (1964) / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Ritratto : Opera / Willem Jeths; libretto Frank Siera

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: zang GK cl fg h timp 2perc hp pf str

St. Louis Blues : opera in 4 acts (version in English) / Chiel Meijering; libretto Paul Binnerts

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: 3sopr 4ten 2010 2sax 1121 perc el.g g-b pf

The Cursed One : Video opera for the Opera Forward Festival / Tilen Lebar

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