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Article: Lowell Liebermann.(The Picture of Dorian Gray, op. 45: Opera in Two Acts )(Opera Review)
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, op. 45: Opera in Two Acts (1996). Music and libretto by Lowell Liebermann, adapted from Oscar Wilde's novel. Piano-vocal score. Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co., c1998. [Instrumentation, cast, 1 p.; synopsis, 2 p.; composer's notes on the opera, 2 p.; world premiere cast list, 1 p.; vocal score, 244 p.; pub. no. 411-41101. $60.] Orchestral score and pares available on rental.
Oscar Wilde's (1854-1900) novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, first published in 1890 in Lippincott's Magazine followed by a revised and expanded version in book form a year later, is not just a classic of English literature. Wilde himself noted in a letter ...