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Deborah Drattell

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Deborah Drattell (born 1956)[1] is an American composer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and started her career in music as a violinist. Her compositions have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Tanglewood and Caramoor Music Festivals, and many other groups and venues.[2] She rewrote the role of the villain in Nicholas and Alexandra, Rasputin, from baritone to tenor when Plácido Domingo expressed interest in singing the role.[3]

Selected operas

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Selected orchestral works

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  • Clarinet Concerto: Fire Dances (1986)
  • The Fire Within (1989)
  • Sorrow is not Melancholy (1993)

References

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  1. ^ Schiavo, Paul. "Deborah Dratell (1956)". Naxos. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Neil Stannard, Sorrow is not Melancholy: The Music of Deborah Drattell, Delos DE 1359, liner notes.
  3. ^ The Urban Man