Echo & Narcissus

2022

Musical Theater

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Category

Musical Theater

Language

English

instrumentation

vx (female, Echo); vx (male, Narcissus); vcl (Narcissus's reflection); surprise vla (Echo's reflection, optional); percussion (1 player, optional); one piano four-hands (optionally one piano two-hands)

duration

c. 10 minutes

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Music by Jake Landau

Book & lyrics by Emily Garber

a miniature chamber musical interpreting the eponymous myth. Echo, reeling from a curse that only allows her to repeat what others say to her first, stumbles upon her childhood love, Narcissus, in the woods. but he only has eyes for his own reflection.

Productions:

Uncommonly Studio, Anthime Miller, March 2022

Off-Brand Opera, dir. Shira Gitlin, May 2022

The Narnia Festival, International Vocal Arts: "Mythos" Opera Scenes, July 2022

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Echo & Narcissus

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