chamber opera
Composition : 1997 - 21/1/2000, revision 2005
Dur. : 35mn
soprano, baritone, bass
clarinet (+b.cl.), violoncello, harp
Text: Anton Tchekhov
Libretto : Richard Dubugnon
Première : 06/03/2000, Royal Academy of Music, London
Natalie Raybould (sop), Alex Ashworth (bar), James Gower (bass)
Chimera Ensemble, dir. Ed Gardner
Première revised version : 02/09/2005, Théâtre l'Oriental, Vevey (CH)
Opera Studio Montreux-Vevey
Françoise Aleysson (sop), Philippe Renaud-Danthe (bar), Sylvain Muster (bass)
Hélène Ferret (vc), Asami Uemura (hp), Laurent Bruttin (cl), dir. Jonathan Haskell,
Simone Audemars (stage director)

for soprano, double bass and piano
Composition : 03/07/1994 (rév. 1995)
Dur. : 18mn
Commission : Orbec Festival, Normandy, 50th D-Day Anniversary
Première : July 1994
Nicole Kuster (sop), Richard Dubugnon (db), Keiko Abe (pno).
First complete perf. : 07/04/1995, Salle Maurice Fleuret, Paris Conservatoire
Sandra Zeltzer (sopr), Richard Dubugnon (db), Marie-Jeanne Serero (piano).