Gordon: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Description

• Composer: Ricky Ian Gordon (1956-)
• Librettist: Michael Korie
• Format: Vocal Score
• Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, Voice
• Originally for: Opera
• Work: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
• Binding: Spiral Bound
• Work Language: English
• ISBN: 9781491137642
• Size: 9.0 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: 507

Description

Based on Bassani’s 1962 novel, THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS dramatizes the true story of a prosperous Jewish family’s disruptions and consequences from state-mandated antisemitism in Italy during World War II.

Gordon describes the opera as “romantic, sun-drenched, and cataclysmic, all at the same time.” This dramatically topical and personal grand opera premiered at New York City Opera and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene to rave reviews in 2022. Chris Ruel wrote in OperaWire, “I have chosen Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie’s THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS as my favorite opera of 2022.”