Mr. Emmet Takes a Walk, A dramatic Sonata, for 3 singers and small instrumental ensemble, vocal/piano score

Mr Emmet represents an enigma: is he a business man with briefcase and umbrella pursuing the ultimate commercial contract, a double agent extorting a much shadier deal from a foreign power, or a tragicomical everyman sifting through the flotsam and jetsam of a lifetime to prepare himself for death? A one-hour opera for three singers and small instrumental ensemble, with a libretto by David Pountney, premiered in 2000. The vocal score is in English and German.

CONTENIDO:

Exposition: A premonition
Introduction
Duet
Arioso
Cabaletta
Trio
Development: Encounters
The Piano
Interlude 1
The Park
Interlude 2
Hotel room
Interlude 3
The Mountain
Interlude 4
The Teacher
Interlude 5
Recapitulation: A Monologue