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Peggy Glanville-Hicks : The Transposed Heads


Publisher Associated Music Publishers Inc
Category
Opera and Music Theatre
Year Composed 1954
Duration
1 , 20
Solo Voice(s) Tenor, Baritone, Soprano, speaking voice, speaking role
Chorus
SATB chorus
Orchestration 1111/0111/perc/hp/str(3.3.2.2.1)
Languages
English
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Synopsis:
Sita has married Shridaman but soon after falls in love with his friend Nanda. The husband cuts off the lover’s head. Sita in turn beheads her husband and when she places the heads back on the bodies, she finds that she has mixed them up. In the end, all three die so that they can be reunited in the afterworld.

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