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Man, Sitting in a Garden

an opera for tenor and orchestra

  ·  Duration:  1h

Duration:  1h

Kenneth Young
Composer

Composer:   Kenneth Young

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About

Man, Sitting in a Garden is a one-man opera about a man’s tragic loss and the struggle between spirituality and science.


Commissioned note

Commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Text note

Libretto by Witi Ihimaera

Performance history

15 May 2019: Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Tecwyn Evans, with Jared Holt (tenor) at the Auckland Town Hall

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