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The Perfect Match

a miniature opera for tenor and baritone (and sock puppets)

Year:  2006   ·  Duration:  4m 30s
Instrumentation:  Voices: tenor, baritone; orchestral version - flute, oboe, trumpet, percussion (1 player - triangle, mark tree, glockenspiel, vibraphone, tubular bell (1), alarm clock), piano, strings; or piano-vocal score

Year:  2006
Duration:  4m 30s
Instrumentation  Voices: tenor, baritone; or...

Anthony Young
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Composer:   Anthony Young

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Two single socks find their perfect match after a long time alone.

Please note: This is a Grand Right Work. License to perform must be sought from the copyright owners.


Commissioned note

Commissioned by Tapestry Opera (formerly Tapestry New Opera Works) of Toronto, Canada, for Opera Briefs 2006. Later revised and recommissioned as a short film of the same name (2008) directed by Tom Diamond.

Contents note

Miniature opera in one scene

Text note

Libretto by Krista Dalby

Performance history

Performed by TAM (tenor) Keith Klassen, PAL (baritone) Calvin Powell, director Tom Diamond at Opera Briefs, Tapestry Opera, Toronto, Canada in September 2006

Made into a short film by BravoFACT and Tapestry New Opera Works, premiered at Opera To Go, Tapestry New Opera Works, Toronto, in February 2008. Director Tom Diamond, Musical Director Wayne Strongman, TAM (tenor) Keith Klassen, PAL (baritone) Peter McGillivray

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