Deborah Drattell (born 1956) is an American composer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and started her career in music as a violinist. 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.[1] Renowned for her operas,[2] she rewrote the role of the villain in Nicholas and Alexandra, Rasputin, from baritone to tenor when Plácido Domingo expressed interest in the role.[3]
Selected Operas [edit]
Selected Orchestral Works [edit]
- Clarinet Concerto: Fire Dances (1986)
- The Fire Within (1989)
- Sorrow is not Melancholy (1993)
References [edit]
- ^ Neil Stannard, Sorrow is not Melancholy: The Music of Deborah Drattell, Delos DE 1359, liner notes.
- ^ Deborah Drattell
- ^ The Urban Man
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