Deborah Drattell
Deborah Drattell (born 1956) is an American composer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and started her career in music as a violinist. Her compositions have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Tanglewood and Caramoor Music Festivals, and many other groups and venues.[1] Renowned for her operas,[2] she rewrote the role of the villain in Nicholas and Alexandra, Rasputin, from baritone to tenor when Plácido Domingo expressed interest in the role.[3]
Selected Operas
- Festival of Regrets (1999)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (2000)
- Lilith (2001)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (2003, Los Angeles Opera), with Plácido Domingo as Rasputin, Nancy Gustafson as Alexandra, and Rod Gilfry as Nicholas.
- Best Friends (2005) libretto by Wendy Wasserstein and Christopher Durang
Selected Orchestral Works
- Clarinet Concerto: Fire Dances (1986)
- The Fire Within (1989)
- Sorrow is not Melancholy (1993)
References
- ↑ Neil Stannard, Sorrow is not Melancholy: The Music of Deborah Drattell, Delos DE 1359, liner notes.
- ↑ Deborah Drattell
- ↑ The Urban Man
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