Full Moon in March (chamber opera)

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chamber opera musical work

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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Surface form	Occurrences
The Full Moon in March (play)	1

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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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