Marilyn Forever, Chamber Opera, study score

Marilyn Forever, Chamber Opera, Studienpartitur

Commissioned by Gavin Bryars? long-standing collaborators, ensemble Aventa, and with a libretto by author and poet Marilyn Bowering, Bryars' Marilyn Forever examines the inner life of Marilyn Monroe, and her intellectual and emotional relationships with death and love.Often seen as a victim, fantasy and sex object, the character of Monroe is fleshed out in this chamber opera: 'We are given through Monroe?s own voice her combination of sensitivity and exhibitionism, allied to the narrative of the ?chorus?, a view from the ?inside? of the conflicting emotion and ambitions of this compelling and timeless personality.' (Aventa)