Deborah Drattell facts for kids

Deborah Drattell (born in 1956) is a talented American composer. She writes music for operas and for orchestras. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Deborah started her musical journey as a violinist.

About Deborah Drattell

Her Music and Performances

Deborah Drattell's music has been performed by many famous groups. These include the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Her works have also been featured at big music events. Some of these are the Tanglewood and Caramoor Music Festivals.

She once changed a character's singing part in her opera Nicholas and Alexandra. The villain, Rasputin, was originally for a baritone singer. But the famous singer Plácido Domingo wanted to sing the role. He is a tenor, so Deborah rewrote the part just for him.

Selected Operas

Operas are plays where the story is told mostly through singing. Deborah Drattell has written several operas:

• Festival of Regrets (1999)
• Marina Tsvetaeva (2000)
• Lilith (2001)
• Nicholas and Alexandra (2003, performed at the Los Angeles Opera). In this opera, Plácido Domingo sang as Rasputin, Nancy Gustafson was Alexandra, and Rod Gilfry played Nicholas.
• Best Friends (2005) with words written by Wendy Wasserstein and Christopher Durang

Selected Orchestral Works

Orchestral works are pieces of music written for a large group of musicians called an orchestra. Here are some of Deborah Drattell's orchestral pieces:

• Clarinet Concerto: Fire Dances (1986) (A concerto is a piece for a solo instrument, like a clarinet, with an orchestra.)
• The Fire Within (1989)
• Sorrow is not Melancholy (1993)

See also

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