# Picture a day like this (text for music): Vocal Opera Libretto

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $16.99
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqVsR_hKnalePrEMwCkabjtgvSqVj5tCN4EgjM0QctSCLaFBMU022ANwzpN_MfUT3cdomVDyxHkP6budgXZ6xl6wtr2TR_B4uw-bPCH-dh8ZCmCH-YD4e8p7rGCU0-ue18yNiw0mIyEmWfhHxnClq1yvKm42TCWgXxhUFtSn132Bbs6vRng4bBy67eWM1v9Coe-JW7XWOSVkUll01Kk5NT0atDVrkQDnXQ9fk2SBIRr4DBWiJruTbfqdOPKKzbSq0xPbJlRvSYi43aSAjJi9KEEqfBB6vQ9TTPFjmAHZZ2v2IefdNysG_ANG3Ifsq3E1tfJAxPxmFK_QX5Vns7lz0WYT1lx6f5WGVfIZvbnp2SB1EZkXu8cd4XGmHoJ8K7kppvxgkWrRFvDEZyJVpzHursgLGchdVFguJR60iQ52oZrETJEhEhy13LiRCWXF7ytqJ9VY7h5V92dbl4mHN2vDz0munMBA==
- **GTIN:** 9780571543069

## Summary

Vocal opera libretto titled 'Picture a Day Like This', a collaboration between Martin Crimp and George Benjamin, featuring an opera in seven scenes.

## Description

Picture a Day like This is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin , Lessons in Love and Violence , and Into the Little Hill . The 60-minute opera is cast in seven scenes and scored for five voices (S-S-MS-Ct-Bar) and twenty-two instrumentalists. It premiered at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2023, with the composer conducting. Picture a Day like This tells the story of a Woman (mezzo-soprano) who has lost her child; if she can meet one truly happy person before nightfall, they will return to life. In her search she meets a pair of lovers, a Composer and their assistant, an Artisan, Collector, and the mysterious Zabelle. Benjamin's music meets Crimp's text to create a bittersweet fable on grief and renewal.

## Categories

- **Categories:** Shipped

## Enrichment

- **Type:** sheet music
- **Type Synonyms:** musical score, libretto, opera score
- **Tags:** printed text, musical notation, opera
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Music genre:** Opera, Vocal music
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

## Images

- ![Image 1](https://cdn.octogen.ai/9b2a64a810fa62ecdf8db63b242cdf34/b2b031c1b20aea178f96ea72020a9acf.png)

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