Gene Scheer (born April 28, 1958) is an American songwriter, librettist and lyricist. He is the brother of Samuel Scheer, who is an English teacher at...
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with Dallas Opera, a one-act work entitled Everest to a libretto by Gene Scheer, which follows three of the climbers involved in the 1996 Mount Everest...
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Jean-Dominique Bauby. It was composed by Joby Talbot with a libretto by Gene Scheer. It premiered on November 3, 2023 after facing production delays due...
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Intelligence, an American rock band Intelligence, an opera with libretto by Gene Scheer Intelligent dance music Intelligence (journal), a scientific journal...
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player Elke Scheer (born 1965), German physicist Eva Scheer (1915–1999), Norwegian journalist, literary critic, translator and author Gene Scheer (born 1958)...
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20th anniversary of music director Nicholas McGegan. With a libretto by Gene Scheer, the opera is based on the Greco-Roman myth of Persephone, the goddess...
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adapted the material as an opera of the same title, with a libretto by Gene Scheer. It premiered at the Metropolitan Opera starring Nathan Gunn in New York...
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Pulitzer Prize winner in music, Jennifer Higdon, from a libretto written by Gene Scheer. It was Higdon's first opera. Cold Mountain has received a mixed critical...
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music composer Wynton Marsalis "American Anthem" music and lyrics by Gene Scheer performed by Norah Jones Country of origin United States Original language...
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an opera adaptation of An American Tragedy (2005), with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, the work premiered at Lincoln...
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libretto by Gene Scheer. This was Picker's fourth opera, written four years after the debut of Thérèse Raquin (also composed with Scheer). Based on the...
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is a one-act opera by Joby Talbot to an English-language libretto by Gene Scheer. It was composed in 2014 and premiered on January 30, 2015, at the Margot...
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American opera in two acts, with music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Gene Scheer, adapted from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. The opera received...
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Commissioned by San Francisco Opera. Opera 2019 If I Were You Libretto by Gene Scheer An opera in two acts Based on the novel Si j'etais vous By Julien Green...
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Heggie composed a chamber opera, Three Decembers, with a libretto by Gene Scheer based on a text McNally had created in 1999 for a Christmas concert to...
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Three Decembers (premiered under the title Last Acts), Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, 2008 Sleeping Beauty, Edward Charles Winkler, 2008 Brief Encounter,...
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Recording. Thérèse Raquin (1999/2000): Picker's third opera (libretto by Gene Scheer) was commissioned by a consortium of companies, including The Dallas...
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Australia and Russia. A Stream of Voices, a one-act opera, with libretto by Gene Scheer, for the Colorado Children's Chorale, premiered in June 2008 in Denver...
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Decembers is a chamber opera in two acts by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Gene Scheer which is based on the unpublished play Some Christmas Letters by Terrence...
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Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra) "August 4, 1964" Steven Stucky, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Jaap Van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Chorus & Orchestra) Best...
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acts and an epilogue, with music by Jennifer Higdon and the libretto by Gene Scheer, based on Charles Frazier's 1997 novel of the same name. The opera is...
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Nathan Gunn Gene Scheer James Miller 1993 The Impresario Mozart German 1786 Charles Prince William Farlow Kathleen Grossman Ben Wilson Gene Scheer Patricia...
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of silence for those who died in the COVID-19 pandemic. Quoting the Gene Scheer composition "American Anthem", he implored Americans to consider their...
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Lynda Sing as The Sirens/Whale. Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer wrote the opera Moby-Dick for the Dallas Opera's inaugural season in...
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It's a Wonderful Life is an opera by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Gene Scheer based on the 1946 film. The opera premiered at the Houston Grand Opera on...
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Symphony Orchestra) Higdon: Cold Mountain Jennifer Higdon, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto Christopher Theofanidis, composer...
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Like This Conor Mitchell – Abomination: A DUP Opera Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' Philip Venables and Ted Huffman...
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based on Charles Frazier's 1997 novel, Cold Mountain with a libretto by Gene Scheer. It was co-commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera and Opera Philadelphia...
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(2008) Antony Pitts – Jerusalem-Yerushalayim (2008) Steven Stucky and Gene Scheer – 4 August 1964 (2008) Jonathan Dove – There was a child (2009) Richard...
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commissioned by the Dallas Opera, premiered November 30, 2001, libretto by Gene Scheer, based on the novel by Émile Zola) An American Tragedy (2005/2006, commissioned...
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