Full Moon in March (chamber opera)

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Full Moon in March (chamber opera) is a modern chamber opera by American composer John Harbison, adapted from a W. B. Yeats play and noted for its lyrical yet dissonant musical language and mythic, ritualistic drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber opera
musical work
adaptationOf Full Moon in March (chamber opera) self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Full Moon in March (play)
basedOn The Full Moon in March
basedOnAuthor W.B. Yeats
surface form: W. B. Yeats
composer John Harbison
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticCharacter mythic
ritualistic
form one-act opera
genre contemporary classical music
modern opera
hasAuthorOfLibretto John Harbison
hasDramaticFocus mythic drama
ritual drama
hasMusicalLanguage lyrical yet dissonant
language English
movement 20th-century classical music
originalPlaywright W.B. Yeats
surface form: William Butler Yeats
scoring chamber ensemble
sourceMaterialGenre play
style dissonant
lyrical
subject myth and ritual
title The Full Moon in March
surface form: Full Moon in March

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John Harbison notableWork Full Moon in March (chamber opera)
Full Moon in March (chamber opera) adaptationOf Full Moon in March (chamber opera) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Full Moon in March (play)