The Consolations of Scholarship
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The Consolations of Scholarship
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The Consolations of Scholarship is an opera by Judith Weir with a libretto by the composer.
The Consolations of Scholarship is based closely on the Yuan dramas The Orphan of Chao and the anonymous A Stratagem of Interlocking Rings. Described as a 'music drama' for soprano and nine instruments, "a Yuan dynasty tale unfolds through plain narration and philosophical discourse". The work was composed for the Lontano Ensemble; the premiere took place at University of Durham in 1985 with Linda Hirst,
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Opera by Judith Weir
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