This article is about the opera by John Adams. For the story written by A. K. Ramanujan, see A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale.
A Flowering Tree
Opera by John Adams
Composer John Adams, 2008
Librettist
John Adams
Peter Sellars
Language
English
Based on
Indian folk tale "A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale"
Premiere
14 November 2006 (2006-11-14)
MuseumsQuartier Halle E, Vienna
A Flowering Tree is an opera in two acts composed by John Adams with libretto by Adams and Peter Sellars, and commissioned by the New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna, the San Francisco Symphony, the Barbican Centre in London, the Lincoln Center in New York City, and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
The story is based on an ancient Indian folk tale of the same title with translations by Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan.[1] The opera resembles Mozart's The Magic Flute in some ways; both operas adapt folk tales, in this case one from southern India, "describing a young couple undergoing rituals and trials to discover the transfiguring power of love." This parallel was intended by the composer as the opera was commissioned to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.
[1] It is set for a small cast of three singers (baritone for the narrator, tenor for the prince, and lyric soprano for Kamudha), a large chorus (SATB), and three dancers.
^ abBoosey & Hawkes, A Flowering Tree accessed 28 November 2014
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