British composer Jonathan Dove (born 1959) is best known internationally for his 1998 opera Flight and has written 20 other operas. Siren Song is a chamber opera about a personals ad scam: Davey, a British seaman looking for a girlfriend, answers an ad that leads him deeply into love with a woman who turns out to be imaginary, the creation of a con man who takes him for thousands of pounds. The libretto by Nick Dear, based on a book by Gordon Honeycombe, which was in turn based on a true story, is well constructed, and ...
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British composer Jonathan Dove (born 1959) is best known internationally for his 1998 opera Flight and has written 20 other operas. Siren Song is a chamber opera about a personals ad scam: Davey, a British seaman looking for a girlfriend, answers an ad that leads him deeply into love with a woman who turns out to be imaginary, the creation of a con man who takes him for thousands of pounds. The libretto by Nick Dear, based on a book by Gordon Honeycombe, which was in turn based on a true story, is well constructed, and while being simple and predictable, it packs an emotional wallop. Dove is exceptionally skilled in writing for the theater; he has a sure dramatic sense for illuminating a situation and shaping a scene. He avoids the trap that dooms so many new operas that use a tonal idiom: a meandering lyricism unsupported by any purposeful, coherent musical logic. Dove creates meaningful musical structures that are clear and direct, and that move the action forward. His instrumentation, using a...
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