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The Crucible is a 1961 English language opera written by Robert Ward based on the 1953 play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It won both the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Music Critics Circle Citation. The libretto was lightly adapted from Miller's text by Bernard Stambler.
Robert Eugene Ward (September 13, 1917 – April 3, 2013) was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962.
The play was adapted by composer Robert Ward as an opera, The Crucible, which was first performed in 1961 and received the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music [29] and the New York Music Critics' Circle Award. [30] William Tuckett presented a ballet at The Royal Ballet in London in 2000 to a collage of music by Charles Ives with designs by Ralph ...
The category is for operas composed by Robert Ward. Pages in category "Operas by Robert Ward" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ...
Robert Ward's opera, The Crucible based on the play by Arthur Miller, served as the inaugural production of this new series, and it was received with critical acclaim. [13] The 2012 Festival Season featured Samuel Barber's Vanessa and, in 2013, the American Classic opera was Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men.
In 1958, Brown made her professional opera debut with the New York City Opera in the title role of Georges Bizet's Carmen, opposite her mentor, Treigle, as Escamillo. [2] She returned to the City Opera in 1961, when she created the role of Tituba in the world premiere of Robert Ward's The Crucible, opposite Chester Ludgin.
In her first season with the New York City Opera she performed in Werner Egk's The Inspector General. [3] She appeared in the world premières of Robert Ward's The Crucible in 1961, Douglas Moore's Carry Nation in 1966, [10] and Lee Hoiby's Natalia Petrovna in 1964. [11] She sang the title role in Alban Berg's Lulu in 1974 at the Santa Fe Opera ...
In 2002, he sang in the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen's The Haroun Songbook and in 2004 sang John Proctor in Toledo Opera's production of Robert Ward's The Crucible. The role of The Man in Anthony Brandt's chamber opera The Birth of Something was written especially for Chioldi's voice. He sang the role in the opera's first staged ...