Opera for Violin and Piano
by Morgan Hayes
Violin Solo - Sheet Music

Violin & Piano

SKU: ST.H448

Composed by Morgan Hayes. String music. 7 minutes. Score and part. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #H448. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H448).

ISBN 9790220221187.

1st perf: Ensemble Lonba, CETC at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15 March 2003
1st UK perf: Darragh Morgan (violin), Mary Dullea (piano), Bush Hall, London, 26 June 2003

Opera, by the leading young composer Morgan Hayes, takes its title from the 1987 film by the Italian director Dario Argento, famed for his work in the giallo horror genre. Though the story concerns a jinxed production of Verdi's opera Macbeth, the intense, highly charged music relates less to the physical action than to the prowling camerawork, abrupt jump-cutting and other techniques that contribute to the heightened melodrama uniquely characteristic of Argento's style.

Lasting about seven minutes, Opera has already been featured by several leading young violinists offering exciting new material in their recitals, and will be no less valued for its technical and interpretative challenges as a conservatoire test-piece at diploma level. A recording by Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea is due for forthcoming release on the prestigious NMC label.