The Consolations of Scholarship

The Consolations of Scholarship
Opera by Judith Weir
LibrettistWeir
LanguageEnglish
Based onChi Chun-hsiang's The Orphan of Chao
Premiere
5 May 1985 (1985-05-05)
University of Durham

The Consolations of Scholarship is an opera by Judith Weir with a libretto by the composer. The Consolations of Scholarship is based closely on the Yuan dramas The Orphan of Chao (by Chi Chun-hsiang) and the anonymous A Stratagem of Interlocking Rings.

Described as a 'music drama' for soprano and nine instruments, "a Yuan dynasty tale unfolds (this piece is the embryo for A Night at the Chinese Opera with which it shares both narrative and musical material) through plain narration and philosophical discourse".

The work was composed for the Lontano Ensemble; the premiere took place at University of Durham in 1985 with Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano, and Lontano directed by Odaline de la Martinez.

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