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Nocturnal Angels

Leung, Pak Hei
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2042-0067
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1615998351567249

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2021, Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, Music Composition.
Nocturnal Angels is a twelve-minute chamber opera for three vocalists (who will also play crotales) and piano. The opera is in three sections: I. LABELING, II. BULLYING and III. CHANTING. Five characters (Labeler 1 and 2, Nocturnal Angels 1, 2 and 3) are allocated to the three singers. The opera explores how different attributes of a person, such as sexuality, gender and social class, are labeled and stereotyped by the mainstream ideology. This message is represented abstractly in this opera – there is no clear storyline. The first scene features the labelers’ duet, outlining their ideologies. In the next scene, Nocturnal Angel 1 enters and is teased and bullied by the two labelers. The final scene starts with a deeply contemplative solo sung by Nocturnal Angel 1; at last, Nocturnal Angels 2 and 3 join in and all angels peacefully chant.
Marilyn Shrude (Advisor)
Christopher Dietz (Committee Member)
55 p.
Composition; Music
opera; chamber opera; microopera; voice

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  • Leung, P. H. (2021). Nocturnal Angels [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1615998351567249

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Leung, Pak Hei. Nocturnal Angels. 2021. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1615998351567249.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Leung, Pak Hei. "Nocturnal Angels." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1615998351567249

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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