A Wedding

Music by William Bolcom
Libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman
Based on the motion picture of the same name by Robert Altman and John Considine
Commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Premiered on December 11, 2004, Dennis Russell Davies conducting

"A Wedding is his best operatic score to date: accessible, singable, eclectic, consistently inventive and great fun." — Chicago Tribune

"...half ironic, half tender, and fully enchanting..." — The New Yorker

"Audience laughter sprang not only from the hilarious plot situations but from the witty, perceptive libretto by Arnold Weinstein and [Robert] Altman, as well as from Bolcom's frothy concoction of musical styles ... Bolcom's music swings and sways.  It rocks and rolls.  It dances a snappy samba.  The wedding ceremony reels to a pompous march.  It's all in good fun -- sort of a Bernstein meets Gershwin meets the Beatles." —Charles H. Parsons, Opera News Online [Indiana University production, February 2008]

Orchestra (Original full version)
3(Pi.)-3(E.H.)-3(Eb Cl., A Cl., Bs. Cl.)-3(C-bsn.), 4-3-3-1, 3 Perc., Timp., Harp (opt.), Keyboard, Str.

Orchestra (Reduced version)
2(Pi.)-2(E.H.)-2(Eb Cl., Bs. Cl.)-2, 2(Pi. Tpt./Cor.)-2-2(opt. Tba. dbl.)-0, 2 Perc.(Timp.), Keyboard, Str.

Voices
Soprano (3), Coloratura Soprano (1), Lyric Soprano (1), Mezzo-Soprano (1), Lyric Mezzo-Soprano (2), Tenor (2), Baritone (2), Lyric Baritone (1), Dramatic Baritone (1)

Duration: 2 hours 

Vocal Score for sale at Hal Leonard

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