Thea Musgrave

Leben und Werke

• A Tale for Thieves (nach Geoffrey Chaucers The Pardoner's Tale), Ballett 1 Akt (1953; 1954 Oswestry, Shropshire)
• The Abbot of Drimock (Maurice Lindsay nach John Mackay Wilsons Tales of the Borders (1834-1840)), komische Kammeroper 3 Szenen (1955; konzertant: 22. Juni 1958 London, Park Lane Opera Group; szenisch: 19. Dezember 1962 London, Morley College, National School of Opera) DETAILSFirst performance (concert) June 22, 1958, London, Park Lane Opera Group, with Jill Nott-Bower, Constance Mullag, Margaret Fraser, David Hartley, Duncan Robertson, Donald Franke, and John Davies; conducted by Myer Redman.
  First stage performance December 19, 1962, London, Morley College, National School of Opera, with David Palmer (the Abbot), Ann Dowdall, Johanna Peters, and Benjamin Dixon; conducted by Lawrence Leonard.
• Marko the Miser (Thea Musgrave und Frederic Samson nach A. N. Afanas'ev), Kinderoper (1962; 1963 Farnham, Surrey)
• The Devil and John Brown (Ken Taylor), Fernsehproduktion (1963)
• The Decision (Maurice Lindsay), Oper 3 Akte (1964/65; 1967 London)
• Beauty and the Beast (Colin Graham), Ballett 2 Akte (1968/69; 1969 London)
• The Voice of Ariadne (Amalia Elguera nach Henry James' The Last of the Valerii), Kammeroper 3 Akte (1972/73; 1974 Aldeburgh, Maltings)
• Orfeo, Ballett für Solo-Tänzer, Flöte und Streicher oder Zuspielband (1975; 1977 BBC TV)
• Mary, Queen of Scots (Thea Musgrave nach Amalia Elgueras Moray), Oper 3 Akte (1975-1977; 1977 Edinburgh)
• A Christmas Carol (Thea Musgrave nach Charles Dickens), Oper 2 Akte (1978/79; 1979 Norfolk/Virginia)
• The Last Twilight (David Herbert Lawrence), Theaterstück für Chor und Instrumente (1980 Santa Fe)
• An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge (Thea Musgrave nach Ambrose Bierce), Rundfunkoper (1981, 1982 BBC Radio)
• Harriet, the Woman Called Moses (Thea Musgrave), Oper 2 Akte (1984, 1985 revidiert; 1985 Norfolk/Virginia)
• The Story of Harriet Tubman (Thea Musgrave, basiert auf Oper Harriet), Musikdrama (1990), orchestriert von J. Grant
• Simón Bolívar (Thea Musgrave und Lillian Garrett-Groag), Oper 2 Akte (1989-1992; 1995 Norfolk/Virginia)
• The Mocking-Bird (Thea Musgrave nach Ambrose Bierce), Monodram (2000; 2002 Boston)
• Pontalba (Thea Musgrave nach Christina Vellas' Intimate Enemies), Oper 2 Akte (2000-2003; 2003 New Orleans)