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Twice Through the Heart
| Twice Through the Heart | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage | |
 Poet Jackie Kay | |
| Description | |
| Librettist | Jackie Kay |
| Based on | 1992 poetry documentary |
| Premiere | 13 June 1997 |
Twice Through the Heart is a musical work by the English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, variously described as a dramatic scena,[1] as a monodrama,[2] as a song cycle,[3] as a chamber opera[4] or even as a "dramatic song-cycle-cum-scena".[5] It is scored for mezzo-soprano and 16 instrumentalists and sets an English-language libretto by the Scottish poet Jackie Kay based on her script for a television programme about a woman jailed for killing her violent husband.
Originally intended to be a full-length opera, Twice was composed between 1994 and 1996, undergoing substantial reworking before Turnage found a form with which he was satisfied. It was first performed in 1997 when it was put on both in the concert hall and in the opera house. The critical reception has been generally favourable, with several authors commenting positively about the instrumental writing and emotional impact of the work, though some critics see limitations in the libretto, find the mood of the work too unrelenting or note the great demands that the vocal writing provides for the soloist.
- ^ Twice Through the Heart, Schott & Co. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ Philip Reed (ed.) (1997), Programme for From the House of the Dead and Twice Through the Heart, London, English National Opera, unnumbered title page.
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