Neither (opera)

Neither is the only opera by Morton Feldman, dating from 1977. Its libretto is a 16-line poem by Samuel Beckett. Composer and librettist had met in Berlin two years earlier with plans for a collaboration for Rome Opera. However, in their encounter Beckett had told Feldman that he himself did not like opera. Feldman had echoed Beckett’s sentiment,[1] so that the work emerged in Rome as a setting for soprano soloist only, accompanied by orchestra.[2] It could theoretically be termed a “monodrama;” however, given the creators’ disdain for opera, the label “anti-opera” fits better.

Neither
Opera by Morton Feldman
The composer in 1976
LibrettistSamuel Beckett
LanguageEnglish
Premiere
1977 (1977)

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References

  1. Strauss, Walter A., Review of Samuel Beckett and Music by Mary Bryden (2000). SubStance, 29 (2, Issue 92): pp. 104-108.
  2. http://www.universaledition.com/Morton-Feldman/composers-and-works/composer/220/work/3841
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