La Corbière
Opera in 1 Act
(2021)
Text: Anne LeMarquand Hartigan
Duration: c. 60′
Characters
Marie-Claire (soprano)
Angélique (soprano)
Céleste (mezzo-soprano)
Désirée (mezzo-soprano)
Klaus (tenor)
Kurt (bass)
First Sailor (bass)
Second Sailor (bass)
Voice on Phone (spoken / tape)
Two scenes were filmed as part of Irish National Opera’s lockdown project 20 Shots of Opera:
The Taming of the Shrew
(incidental music)
(1989)
2 tpt hn 2 trb
Duration: 10′
Première: December 1989, Waterford Arts Centre
Waterford Regional Technical College Brass Ensemble
Yerma
(excerpt)
(1994)
Text: Federico García Lorca
sop, mezzo, bar solo
cl vn vc pf
Duration: 15′
Commissioned by Opera Theatre Company
Première: 10 December 1994, Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin
Regina Hanley (S-solo), Miriam Murphy (Mez-solo), Martin Higgins (Bar-solo)
Opera Theatre Company Chamber Ensemble