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| Composer(s): | Dominick Argento (27 Oct 1927)
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| Work identifier: | M13435
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| Real Name: | A Water Bird Talk
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| Display Name: | A Water Bird Talk
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| First Performed: | 19 May 1977
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| Genre: | Opera + Operetta
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| Genre Type: | Opera
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| Period: | 20th century
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| Instrumentation: | Tenor
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| Librettist(s): | Argento, after Chekhov and J. J. Audubon
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| Mvt. 1 | The Lecturer (Theme) (Tenor, String Quintet) |
| Mvt. 2 | The Cormorant (Variation I: Romanza) (Tenor, Clarinet, Marimba) |
| Mvt. 3 | The Roseate Tern (Variation II: Barcarolle) (Tenor, Harp, Glockenspiel) |
| Mvt. 4 | The Phalarope (Variation III: Spinning Song) (Tenor, Flute, Celeste) |
| Mvt. 5 | The Lecturer (Variation IV: Consolation) (Tenor, Piano) |
| Mvt. 6 | The Puffin (Variation V: Marcia all'italiana) (Tenor, Horn, Timpani) |
| Mvt. 7 | The Grebe (Variation VI: Elegy) (Tenor, Oboe, Chimes) |
| Mvt. 8 | The Lecturer (Coda) (Tenor, String Quintet) |