Opera

Koeien, operamisha (2015)
For 9 singers, two actors and the ICP Orchestra
duration 75’
Music and text Misha Mengelberg
Composition Guus Janssen
Libretto Cherry Duyns

Blue a Pinnocchio in Reverse (2010)
Opera for mezzo-soprano countertenor actor and orchestra
duration: 60’
NFPK
Composed for the Ricciotti Ensemble

Hier° (Here°) (1996-2000)
Opera bouffa deep down A.P. in 32 scene’s
AMSTERDAM IN AETERNUM
bass, soprano, baritone, choir (sopr. and bar.)
narrator 3 Beijing opera sopranos
0010 1sax 1111 perc. Drums big bell pi/organ harm (electr.)
pipa, zheng, diedze, arhoe, chin. perc, 2vl vla vc cb
libretto (dutch): Friso Haverkamp
duration: approx. 100’
FCM and Dutch Opera

Noach [Noah] (1991-1993)
opera in 5 acts
rec sopr bas-bar soli 4overtone singers 0011
2sax 1110 perc drum hp g(el.g) pf 2vl vla vc
cb electronics dancers
libretto (Dutch): Friso Haverkamp
duration: approx. 100’
FCM

Faust’s licht (version 1994)
for mezzo-soprano, recitant and string quartet
duration: 35’
for the Holland Festival 1994
Faust’s licht (1985/1986, rev. 1988)
for mezzo-soprano, string quartet and 4 recitants
text (Dutch): Friso Haverkamp after Gertrude Stein
duration: approx. 60’
commissioned by the Amsterdam Arts Fund