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08 October 2012 Article: New, finished, 4 act opera.....languishing!
I have composed a 4 act, two and a quarter hour long opera, Sanson et Delila, the words of which have been re-written by a French librettist from Nice. Delilah is a misunderstood woman rather than a wicked lady! We are hoping to make a demo disc of parts of it with a tenor and mezzo soprano soon (there are 2 versions, Sop and Ten, Mezzo and Baritone, but can be mixed and matched). When that is done, I hope to upload some of it with the sound track rather than just using computer generated sounds. It ...
08 August 2012 Article: Sound clips
Is it better to have a computer generated sound clip (of a reasonable standard) if one doesn't have a "real" recording, than have no sound clip at all? Personally, I don't mind computer generated sound. It just requires a little imagination on the part of the listener to realize what it could really sound like. I have written a two hour long opera that has not yet been performed, but the computer sounds for the orchestra are remarkably good. Unfortunately, the vocal sounds are sometimes a bit like a ...

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