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FULL LILITH (Deborah Drattell) New York 1997
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Lilith
- Composer: Drattell Deborah
- Libretto: David Steven Cohen Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: DiCapo Opera Theatre, New York City
- Recorded: June 1997
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
About the Opera:
Set at Adam’s funeral, Lilith explores the powerful first meeting between Eve and Lilith, Adam’s first wife according to Kabbalistic tradition.
Deborah Drattell (born 1956) is an American composer and belt designer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and started her career in music as a violinist. She has been lauded as “a remarkably original voice” by Opera News and is noted for her contributions to contemporary classical music. Her compositions have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Tanglewood and Caramoor Music Festivals, and many other groups and venues. She rewrote the role of the villain in Nicholas and Alexandra, Rasputin, from baritone to tenor when Plácido Domingo expressed interest in singing the role