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Philip Norman

Duration: 1h 45' 00" Year: 1993
an opera for an ensemble of principals, chorus, dancers and orchestra

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1997
an opera in two acts based on the life of Rewi Alley

Instrumentation
orchestra, chinese instruments, baritone, actor, 2 chinese folksingers, chinese opera singer
Availability
- Festival '98 - ALLEY, an opera by Jack Body
  
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Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1993
opera in two acts for soloists, chorus and orchestra

Instrumentation
2sop,1ten,2bari,SATB chorus and orchestra: (2)22(2)2(2); 2220; 2perc,timp,2keyb; strs.
Programme Note

Bitter Calm is a full length opera for five principals, chorus and orchestra in two acts. It is based on an incident at Motuarohia Island in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand in the 1840s. It is a drama of human passions in the contexts of land alienation and tensions between Maori and new settlers. Premiered at the New Zealand International Festival for the Arts in 1994 and filmed for television.
Availability
- Blake: Bitter Calm; facsimile
  
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- Blake: Bitter Calm; facsimile
  
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- Blake: Bitter Calm (Scenes 1-3)
  
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Duration: 1h 20' 00" Year: 1993
a dance work for mezzo-soprano and ensemble

Instrumentation
bagpipes, cello, marimba/harp/tenor drum (1 player), violin, flute/piccolo (1 player), clarinet/bass clarinet/soprano and alto saxophones (1 player)
Programme Note

This dance theatre project was commissioned to celebrate the New Zealand Women’s Suffrage Centennial, and explores a range of historical and contemporary issues. It is based on documents written by Kate Shepherd and was choreographed by Susan Jordan.
Availability
- Fisher: Bone of Contention; facsimile
  
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- Fisher: Bone of Contention (excerpt); facsimile
  
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- Helen Fisher: Bone of Contention Year: 1993
  
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Duration: 40' 00" Year: 1996
comic opera in one act

Instrumentation
Contralto, soprano, baritone and canary with piano accompaniment
Availability
- Drummond: Bridge to Somewhere; facsimile
  
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- Drummond: Bridge to Somewhere; facsimile
  
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Duration: 1h 18' 00" Year: 1995
three act chamber opera

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1996
chamber opera

Instrumentation
mezzo or soprano and spoken voice male soloist (playing untuned percussion); string trio (violin, viola, cello)
Availability
- Kaminski: Eclogue; facsimile
  
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- Kaminski: Eclogue; facsimile
  
  Parts - written | Hardcopy - facsimile

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1998
a chamber opera using for 6 singers, small chorus and 8 players, also using electroacoustic music and DVD of visuals

Instrumentation
Television newsreader (spoken voice), Nobelman (baritone), Castelli (tenor), Galileo (baritone), Boy/Angel (mezzo soprano), Three Priests (tenor/baritones), Heretic (baritone), Christina (soprano), Military Man (baritone), Sea Captain (baritone), Troubadour (mezzo soprano), Cardinal Bellarmino (tenor), Pope Urban VIII (bass baritone), Pope John Paul II (baritone), small chorus of townspeople; flute doubling piccolo, oboe, clarinet doubling bass clarinet, horn, piano, percussion, violin and cello. Electroacoustic music played through at least eight loudspeakers. DVD of visuals.
Availability
- Rimmer: Galileo; electroacoustic part
  
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- Rimmer: Galileo; computer-set
  
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- Rimmer: Galileo; computer-set
  
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- Rimmer: Galileo (visuals)
  
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